recusant
noun/ˈrekjʊzənt/
/rəˈkjuːzənt/
(formal)- a person who refuses to do what a rule or person in authority says they should doTopics Permission and obligationc2Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin recusant- ‘refusing’, from the verb recusare ‘to refuse’, from re- (expressing opposition) + causa ‘a cause’.
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