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Definition of Renitent
1. a. Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.
Definition of Renitent
1. Adjective. resistant to physical pressure; unyielding ¹
2. Adjective. resistant to compulsion; recalcitrant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Renitent
1. resisting physical pressure [adj]
Medical Definition of Renitent
1. 1. Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impluse by elastic force. "[Muscles] soft and yet renitent." 2. Persistently opposed. Origin: L. Renitens, -entis, p. Pr. Of renit to strive or struggle against, resist; pref. Re- re- + niti to struggle or strive: cf. F. Renitent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Renitent
Literary usage of Renitent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Noctuae and Their Varieties by James William Tutt (1892)
"o. var. renitent, Hb.-Gey. ... 715, 716, 717, we find the ordinary form of puta,
as taken at Deal, under the name of renitent. The male (fig. ..."
2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"renitent, adj. Lat. renitent. Acting against any impulse elastically. I)y an
inflation of the muscles they become soft, and yet renitent, ..."
3. Anarchism by Paul Eltzbacher, Steven Tracy Byington (1908)
"Some of them conceive of the breach of law as taking place without the employment
of force; these teachings may be characterized as renitent. ..."
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