Recalcitrant(a.) Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.
Recalcitrate(v. i.) To kick back; to kick against anything; hence, to express repugnance or opposition.
Recalcitrate(v. t.) To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff.
Recalcitration(n.) A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance; refractoriness.

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