renitent
adjective
re·ni·tent ˈre-nə-tənt 
ri-ˈnī-tᵊnt
1
: resisting physical pressure
2
: resisting constraint or compulsion : recalcitrant
Word History
Etymology
French or Latin; French rénitent, from Latin renitent-, renitens, present participle of reniti to resist, from re- + niti to strive — more at nisus
First Known Use
1604, in the meaning defined at sense 2
- common time
- common touch
- common traverse
- common vetch
- common year
- common-law
- flashing back to
- flashing block
- flashing ring
- flashing tile
- flashingly
- flashings
- flashlamp
- flashlamps
- flashlight
- flashlights
- flashmeter
- flashness
- flasholder
- flashover
- flashover voltage
- flashovers
- flashpan
- flashpoints
- flashtube