renitent
English
Etymology
Latin renītēns, present participle of renītor (“resist, struggle”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
renitent (comparative more renitent, superlative most renitent)
- 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.
- resistant to compulsion; recalcitrant
Anagrams
German
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adjective
renitent (strong nominative masculine singular renitenter, comparative renitenter, superlative am renitentesten)
- 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.
- 2009, Informationsstelle Militarisierung, Invitation to the IMI congress in 2009
Declension
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Further reading
- “renitent” in Duden online
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) renitent
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
renitent m or n (feminine singular renitentă, masculine plural renitenți, feminine and neuter plural renitente)
Declension
Declension of renitent
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | renitent | renitentă | renitenți | renitente | ||
definite | renitentul | renitenta | renitenții | renitentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | renitent | renitente | renitenți | renitente | ||
definite | renitentului | renitentei | renitenților | renitentelor |
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