Associations to the word «Recusant»
Wiktionary
RECUSANT, noun. (historical) someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries
RECUSANT, noun. Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation
RECUSANT, adjective. Pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy
Dictionary definition
RECUSANT, noun. Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct.
RECUSANT, adjective. (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England.
RECUSANT, adjective. Refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.