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Renitence [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. REN'ITENCE ,

2. REN'ITENCY, noun [Latin renitens, renitor, to resist; re and nitor, to struggle or strive.]

3. The resistance of a body to pressure; the effort of matter to resume the place or form from which it has been driven by the impulse of other matter; the effect of elasticity.

4. Moral resistance; reluctance.

5. We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of plants.

Renitence [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Renitency