recusant
Plural: recusants
Noun
- One who refuses to accept established authority or comply.
- someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
- Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries.
- Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.
Adjective Satellite
- (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
- refusing to submit to authority; - Mary W.Williams
- "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"
Adj
- pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy
Examples
- The Scrabble player, a true recusant, refused to accept the dictionary’s ruling on their obscure word.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin recūsans, recūsāntis, from recūsō (“I refuse, decline; I object to; I protest”). See recuse.
Synonyms
dissentient, nonconformist, Dissenter
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
recusant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrecusant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
recusant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
recusant: valid Words With Friends Word