recusant

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Borrowed from Latin recūsans, recūsāntis, from recūsō (“to refuse, decline; to object to; to protest”). See recuse.

The others, being hopelessly recusant, were allowed to intoxicate themselves with rum. — Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber : $b or, The influence of Romanism on trade, justice, and knowledge, J. A. (James Aitken) Wylie
Remember that nothing is so dangerous to our state as reform; the moment a man grows honest, the gang forsake him; the magistrate misses his fee; the informer peaches; and the recusant hangs.” “I have well weighed all this,” answered Clifford, “and have decided on my course. — Paul Clifford — Complete, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Well, it is a hard knock on the elbow; I knew I had a life of labour before me, but I was resolved to work steadily; now they have treated me like a recusant turnspit, and put in a red-hot cinder into the wheel alongst with [me]. — The Journal of Sir Walter Scott: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford, Walter Scott

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