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Webster 1913 Edition


Renitent

Re-ni′tent

(-tent)
,
Adj.
[L.
renitens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
renit
to strive or struggle against, resist; pref.
re-
re- +
niti
to struggle or strive: cf. F.
rénitent
.]
1.
Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.
“[Muscles] soft and yet renitent.”
Ray.
2.
Persistently opposed.

Webster 1828 Edition


Renitent

REN'ITENT

,
Adj.
Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.

Definition 2024


renitent

renitent

English

Adjective

renitent (comparative more renitent, superlative most renitent)

  1. resistant to physical pressure; unyielding
    1987. "I could see the renitent surface under my feet and the mossy walls about me". The Urth of the New Sun, Chapter 6. Gene Wolfe
  2. resistant to compulsion; recalcitrant

Anagrams


German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʀeniˈtɛnt]

Adjective

renitent (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


Latin

Verb

renitent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of reniteō