noun
- Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct.
- synonyms: nonconformist
adjective
- Of Catholics. ( refusing to attend services of the Church of England)
- synonyms: dissentient
- Refusing to submit to authority. "the recusant electors... Cooperated in electing a new Senate- Mary W. Williams
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