Associations to the word «Recalcitrance»

Wiktionary

RECALCITRANCE, noun. The state of being recalcitrant.

Dictionary definition

RECALCITRANCE, noun. The trait of being unmanageable.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats