renitent

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English

Etymology

Latin renītēns, present participle of renītor (resist, struggle)

Pronunciation

Adjective

renitent (comparative more renitent, superlative most renitent)

  1. resistant to physical pressure; unyielding
    • 1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter 6, in The Urth of the New Sun:
      I could see the renitent surface under my feet and the mossy walls about me.
  2. resistant to compulsion; recalcitrant

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German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʁeniˈtɛnt]
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Adjective

renitent (strong nominative masculine singular renitenter, comparative renitenter, superlative am renitentesten)

  1. renitent
    • 2009, Informationsstelle Militarisierung, Invitation to the IMI congress in 2009
      Westliche Sicherheits- und Militärstrategien […] fordern […] die weltweite und kontinuierliche Interventionsfähigkeit sowohl gegen feindliche Armeen als auch gegen renitente Bevölkerungsgruppen.
      Western security and military strategies […] demand […] the worldwide and continuous ability to intervene, against enemy armies as well as against renitent citizen groups.

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Further reading


Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) renitent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of reniteō

Romanian

Etymology

From French renitent.

Adjective

renitent m or n (feminine singular renitentă, masculine plural renitenți, feminine and neuter plural renitente)

  1. renitent

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