recusancy

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Noun
  • In 2016, a British passenger flying Flybe—a now-defunct regional airline—from Amsterdam to Exeter was fined more than $600 for his disobedience.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2025
  • The one who escalated the disobedience was the company under the direct command of its largest shareholder.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Employers must respond to such requests within 21 calendar days or face penalties for noncompliance.
    Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • In March, the Trump administration froze $175 million in federal funds to the university, citing noncompliance with the new Title IX interpretation.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • These movements used many different tools at their disposal — lawsuits, mass rallies, strikes, work slowdowns, boycotts and other forms of noncooperation and resistance.
    David Brooks, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Each campus should follow state law and guidelines regarding noncooperation with ICE and/or other federal entities.
    Isidro Ortiz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • After leading some of his fellow players in an uprising against the games, Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) sees his rebellion instantly squashed.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who is waiting for the weekend to join the rebellion.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • The United States has become increasingly irritated with the glacial pace of progress towards implementing a ceasefire agreement, more overtly criticizing Russia's recalcitrance to ink a deal despite pursuing a rapprochement with the Kremlin.
    Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Resistance to state laws Littleton isn’t just seeing recalcitrance on changes to its land-use code from its residents.
    John Aguilar, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • History shows that conclaves have ranged from a matter of hours to nearly three years, shaped by intrigue, deadlock, and even popular revolt.
    Dan Cody, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
  • And then, the third attempt was to carry out the revolt, which again fails.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • But also injuries and ailments at all the wrong times, as well as overt self-will at times.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2025
  • So for those of us torn between watching the sun get blotted out and getting blotto keeping our attention on a particularly good rock show, this exercise in multi-tasking was a real contest of self-will.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Recusancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recusancy. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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