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recalcitrance

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13 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈkæl.sɪˌtɹəns/Part of speech nounSorted aaccceeilnrrtStarts with REnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the trait of being unmanageable

Word origin

In use since at least 1856 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985). From French récalcitrance.

Used in a sentence

  • But the prime minister’s [Benjamin Netanyahu's] recalcitrance on the subject of a future Palestinian state, long a Saudi condition, is being faulted as one of the reasons Israel is missing out on this opportunity.

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