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Meaning of recusant

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  recusant
      adj 1: (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church
             of England [syn: {dissentient}, {recusant}]
      2: refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant
         electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary
         W.Williams
      n 1: someone who refuses to conform to established standards of
           conduct [syn: {nonconformist}, {recusant}] [ant:
           {conformist}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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