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   recusant

   /ˈrɛkjʊz(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. a person who refuses to submit to an authority or to comply with a regulation.
   • ▪ a person who refused to attend services of the Church of England: "support for the exiled King was greatest among Catholic recusants"

   adjective

   • 1. of or denoting a recusant.

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin recusant- ‘refusing’, from the verb recusare (see recuse).

   Derivatives

   • 1. recusance noun
   • 2. recusancy noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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