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Noun: recalcitrance  ri'kal-su-trun(t)s
  1. The trait of being unmanageable
    - refractoriness, unmanageableness, recalcitrancy

Derived forms: recalcitrances

See also: recalcitrate

Type of: intractability, intractableness

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