renitent

adj.

1. Resistant to physical pressure; not pliant.
2. Reluctant to yield or be swayed; recalcitrant.

[Latin renītēns, renītent-, present participle of renītī, to resist : re-, re- + nītī, to press forward.]

renitence ren'i·tence or ren'i·ten·cy n.

(re-NYT-uhnt, REN-i-tuhnt)

adjective
Resistant; recalcitrant.

Etymology
From Latin renitent-, renitens, present participle of reniti (to resist), from re- + niti (to strive, to struggle).

Usage
"And this is the pledge for restoration of democracy. But our leaders are reluctant and renitent for that." — Kalam Azad; No Compromise in Democratic Politics; The New Nation (Dhaka, Bangladesh); Nov 20, 2004.

"One intuits that the potential for metapsychic calamity still lurks within the mind of this highly renitent people." — Julian May; Jack the Bodiless; Ballantine; 1991.

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adjective

Tending to resist, as an influence or idea: resistant, resisting, resistive. See resist/yield.

resisting physical pressure; resisting constraint or compulsion: recalcitrant