Synonyms for recusancy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rek-yuh-zuh n-see, ri-koo- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛk yə zən si, rɪˈku- |
Top 10 synonyms for recusancy
- contumaciousness
- eccentricity
- exception
- heresy
- heterodoxy
- iconoclasm
- insubordination
- lawlessness
- mutinousness
- negation
- nonacceptance
- nonagreement
- noncompliance
- nonconsent
- objection
- opposition
- originality
- recalcitrance
- recusance
- recusancy
- rejection
- strangeness
- transgressiveness
- unconventionality
- uniqueness
- unorthodoxy
- unruliness
- veto
- violation
Définition of recusancy
- As in nonconformity : noun belief, behavior different from most
- This refers to his commitments for recusancy, which had been frequent.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 213, November 26, 1853 » by Various
- What could they have done to me, said my brother, on account of my recusancy?
- Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.--February, 1851.--Vol. II. » by Various
- A moment's retrogression will explain the young man's recusancy.
- Extract from : « Vassall Morton » by Francis Parkman
- The fact was that Sir Nicholas had again been summoned for recusancy.
- Extract from : « By What Authority? » by Robert Hugh Benson
- All these are to be tilled by the slave regiments under the following penalties for recusancy.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 67, No. 416, June 1850 » by Various
- In the first year of his reign he remitted the recusancy fines (see p. 454).
- Extract from : « A Student's History of England, v. 2 (of 3) » by Samuel R. Gardiner.
- Thou hast a ready tongue, young mistress; and when tried for recusancy I warrant thou'lt give the judge a piece of thy mind.
- Extract from : « Constance Sherwood » by Lady Georgiana Fullerton
- The acts imposing fines for recusancy, repealed in 1650, were later executed with great severity.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 » by Various
- It will be well, therefore, to quote one singular example to show how this recusancy was encountered.
- Extract from : « Christmas: Its Origin and Associations » by William Francis Dawson
- Dispensations from the action of the recusancy laws were given by the Crown in such numbers as to alarm the Puritans.
- Extract from : « Henrietta Maria » by Henrietta Haynes
Antonyms for recusancy
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