renitent

English

Etymology

Latin renītēns, present participle of renītor (resist, struggle)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛnɪtənt/

Adjective

renitent (comparative more renitent, superlative most renitent)

  1. resistant to physical pressure; unyielding
  2. resistant to compulsion; recalcitrant

Anagrams

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʁeniˈtɛnt]
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Adjective

renitent (strong nominative masculine singular renitenter, comparative renitenter, superlative am renitentesten)

  1. 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.

Declension

Further reading

Latin

Verb

renitent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of reniteō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French renitent.

Adjective

renitent m or n (feminine singular renitentă, masculine plural renitenți, feminine and neuter plural renitente)

  1. renitent

Declension

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