1
impulsiveness(noun, resistance, recklessness, obstinacy, stubbornness)
1
indisposition
1
insolence(noun, defiance)
1
intemperanc(noun, resistance, recklessness, obstinacy, stubbornness)
1
lawlessness(noun, resistance, recklessness, obstinacy, stubbornness)
1
muster(noun, informal, defiance)
1
negativism
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objection
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orneriness(noun, resistance, recklessness, obstinacy, stubbornness)
1
passive resistance
1
perverseness(noun, resistance, obstinacy, stubbornness, imprudence)
1
protest
1
reaction
1
rebellion(noun, defiance)
1
rebuff
1
recklessness(noun, resistance, obstinacy, stubbornness, imprudence)
1
refusal
1
reluctance
1
remonstrance
1
renitency
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