recusant

Meaning

Noun

1. (historical) Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries.
2. Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.

Adj

pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy

Synonyms

nonconformist

dissentient

impious

insubordinate

negative

radical

rebellious

refractory

refuser

unruly

abnormal

Nonconformist

contumacious

Translations

αντικανονικός

απειθής

dissidente

ανυπότακτος

εναντίο του καθεστώτος

anticonformista

nonconformista

non conformista

المتمرّد

inconformista

recusant

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛkjʊzənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recūsans, recūsāntis, from recūsō (“I refuse, decline; I object to; I protest”). See recuse.