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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