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Re·ni·ten·cy , n.

[Cf. F. rénitence.]
The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance. Sterne.

We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of plants.
E. Darwin.
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noun

    The act of resisting: opposition, renitency, resistance. See resist/yield.

 
 
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