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Recusant vs Defiant - What's the difference?

recusant | defiant |

As verbs the difference between recusant and defiant

is that recusant is while defiant is .

As an adjective defiant is

mistrustful.

recusant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical) someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries
  • anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation

    • Synonyms

    * papist

    Related terms

    * recusancy * refusenik

    Adjective

    (head)
  • pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy

    • Anagrams

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    defiant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Defying.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=15 citation , passage=She paused and took a defiant breath. ‘If you don't believe me, I can't help it. But I'm not a liar.’ ¶ ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough!
  • Boldly resisting opposition.
  • *2013 June 18, (Simon Romero), " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
  • *:But the demonstrators remained defiant , pouring into the streets by the thousands and venting their anger over political corruption, the high cost of living and huge public spending for the World Cup and the Olympics.

    • Synonyms

    * dareful * rebellious

    Antonyms

    * docile, obedient, submissive * dominant

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