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English
Etymology
Latin renītēns, present participle of renītor (“resist, struggle”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
renitent (comparative more renitent, superlative most renitent)
- resistant to physical pressure; unyielding
- resistant to compulsion; recalcitrant
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German
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adjective
renitent (strong nominative masculine singular renitenter, comparative renitenter, superlative am renitentesten)
- renitent
2009, Informationsstelle Militarisierung, Invitation to the IMI congress in 2009:Westliche Sicherheits- und Militärstrategien […] fordern […] die weltweite und kontinuierliche Interventionsfähigkeit sowohl gegen feindliche Armeen als auch gegen renitente Bevölkerungsgruppen.- Western security and military strategies demand the worldwide and continuous ability to intervene, against enemy armies as well as against renitent citizen groups.
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Latin
Verb
renitent
- third-person plural present active indicative of reniteō
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French renitent.
Adjective
renitent m or n (feminine singular renitentă, masculine plural renitenți, feminine and neuter plural renitente)
- renitent
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