RECUSANCY Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

recusancy

noun

Definition of recusancy

as in contumacy

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Noun

Another child said he was forced to carry out artillery strikes and beaten for disobedience.

— Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
But many Catholics, including conservative and traditional ones, are opposed to the consecrations, viewing them as an act of severe disobedience to the pope that hurts the church.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of disobedience

Noun

That disparity reflects whom the system was built to target — whose neighborhoods get referrals, whose noncompliance gets flagged as dangerous rather than overlooked, and whose poverty or hospitalization is interpreted as risk, not need.

— Sakeena Trice, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is suing the private prison company GEO, which operates the Aurora ICE Processing Center, for noncompliance with a state public health order.

— Anna Alejo, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of noncompliance

Noun

The former staffers’ attorneys tried to force her to testify in this week’s trial against Basabe, and plaintiffs have pointed to her noncooperation as evidence of the alleged House cover-up of Basabe’s actions and silencing of potential witnesses.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
The Department of Homeland Security as well as administration officials have largely defended its agents and tied the shootings to a rise in vehicle assaults and noncooperation fueled by the rhetoric of Democratic officials.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 July 2026

Definition of noncooperation

Noun

The second book, Shift, consists of alternating flashback sequences, telling both the origin story of the silos and tales from past rebellions.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
After a prolonged siege and fighting, the British recaptured Delhi and brutally suppressed the rebellion.

— Aishwarya Lakshmi, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of rebellion

Noun

The Defense Department delivered termination notices last week to Stars and Stripes Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin, publisher Max Lederer and Middle East reporter Lara Korte, accusing them of insubordination.

— Joe Walsh, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
The accident caps a chaotic Giants season marked by social-media flare-ups, on-field insubordination and a Pride Night uniform dispute.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of insubordination

Noun

Whether writing five decades ago or today, the genre’s most insightful commentators have always observed how punk fuses rebelliousness with commodification, capitalism with resistance.

— Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026
Marji’s rebelliousness, both admirable and terrifying for those who love her, is her salient characteristic.

— Hillary Chute, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026

Definition of rebelliousness

Noun

Katseye doesn’t seem to get in as much trouble as K-pop idols have in the past for swearing; a patina of unruliness has endeared the group to its followers.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
In 2024, Buffett offered prescient reflections on the unruliness of the market, long before the prediction markets began to sway Wall Street.

— Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of unruliness

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