a person who refuses to do what a rule or person in authority says they should do
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NAmE//ˈrɛkyəzənsi//, NAmE//rɪˈkyuzənsi//
noun [uncountable]See recusant in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: recusant