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51Resistance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Resistance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 resistance resistance stand front oppugnation Sgm: N 1 oppugnancy oppugnancy Sgm: N 1 opposition opposition &c. 708 Sgm: N 1 renitence renitence …
52faction — n. 1. Combination (against a government), cabal, junto, clique, party. 2. Tumult, turbulence, turbulency, disorder, sedition, seditiousness, refractoriness, recalcitration, discord, dissension, disagreement …
53kick — v 1.Sl. boot, Obs. foot, kick away; Football. punt, drop kick, place kick; (all of the foot) strike, hit, tap; propel, push, shove. 2. recoil, backlash, react; spring back, rebound, resile, bounce back, snap back; kick back, fly back, return,… …
54reaction — n 1. counteraction, opposition, resistance, recalcitration, renitence, contradiction, antagonism; offset, neutralization, compensation, counterbalance, counterpoise; retroaction, recoil, rebound, ricochet, boomerang, backlash. 2. return,… …
55retroaction — n 1. counteraction, countermotion, counterblast, repulse, rebuff; boomerang, backlash, reaction, repercussion, reverberation; recoil, rebound, ricochet, reflex, kick, spring; revulsion. 2. opposition, resistance, check, recalcitration, renitence …
56recalcitrate — /rəˈkælsətreɪt/ (say ruh kalsuhtrayt) verb (i) (recalcitrated, recalcitrating) to make resistance or opposition; show strong objection or repugnance. {Latin recalcitrāt past participle stem of recalcitrāre to kick out} –recalcitration… …
57recalcitrant — a.,n. disobedient or stubborn (person). ♦ recalcitrance, ♦ recalcitration, n …
58recalcitrate — [ri kal′sitrāt΄] vt. recalcitrated, recalcitrating [L recalcitrare: see RECALCITRANT] Rare to refuse to obey; be stubborn in opposition recalcitration n …
