Adjective: recusant ri'kyoo-zunt or re-kyu-zunt
- Refusing to submit to authority
"the recusant electors … cooperated in electing a new Senate"
- (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
"Recusant families often held secret masses in their homes";
- dissentient
- Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
"The recusant artist challenged traditional artistic conventions";
- nonconformist
Derived forms: recusants
See also: disobedient, unorthodox
Type of: contestant, dissenter, dissident, objector, protester, protestor
Encyclopedia: Recusant