Antonyms for recusant


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : rek-yuh-zuh nt, ri-kyoo-zuh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛk yə zənt, rɪˈkyu zənt


Definition of recusant

Origin :
  • "obstinate in refusal," 1550s, from Latin recusantem (nominative recusans) "refusing to obey," present participle of recusare "make an objection against; decline, refuse, reject; be reluctant to" (see recuse). The noun meaning "one obstinate in refusing" is from 1610s.
  • As in lawless : adj reckless, ungoverned
  • As in negative : adj bad, contradictory
  • As in radical : adj deviating by extremes
  • As in contrary : adj antagonistic; opposite
  • As in impious : adj not religious
  • As in dissident : noun person who holds different belief
Example sentences :
  • I bethink me—a Papist priest—a recusant—who was for some time an inmate of the hall.
  • Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth
  • Its object is not the moral education of the recusant individuals.
  • Extract from : « Liberalism » by L. T. Hobhouse
  • Never before had a recusant daughter braved her to her face.
  • Extract from : « Not Like Other Girls » by Rosa N. Carey
  • The recusant was one Walter Simpson, the Vulcan of the parish.
  • Extract from : « Scotch Wit and Humor » by W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe
  • And then he added, "The Council will not find, at all events, that I am recusant."
  • Extract from : « Sunrise » by William Black
  • He was summoned to the bar of the House as a Popish recusant.
  • Extract from : « The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened » by Kenelm Digby
  • Then better off than he were savages, who could destroy their recusant idols.
  • Extract from : « Idolatry » by Julian Hawthorne
  • The recusant States must be whipped back into submission to the autocrats that would direct their affairs.
  • Extract from : « Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War » by Mrs. Eugenia Dunlap Potts
  • The recusant children ranged themselves before the teacher, who seemed to think she had now quenched the rebellion.
  • Extract from : « Happy Days for Boys and Girls » by Various
  • The disappointed emperor could only complain to the Pope, and the Pope put the recusant psalmodists in prison.
  • Extract from : « The Eighteen Christian Centuries » by James White

Synonyms for recusant

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