The Collaborative International Dictionary
Renitence
Renitence \Re*ni"tence\ (r?-n?"tens), Renitency \Re*ni"ten*cy\
(-te-s?), n. [Cf. F. r['e]nitence.]
The state or quality of being renitent; resistance;
reluctance.
--Sterne.
We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and
irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of
plants.
--E. Darwin.
Wiktionary
renitence
n. The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance.
Usage examples of "renitence".
Lydiat, of ascetic principles--of almost superhuman renitence, where the affections are involved--and of a determined bias respecting his mission in life--is still standing on the forecastle, with the Novum Organum opened at the same place, and his face still full of thought.