Noun
the trait of being unmanageable
Source: WordNetPalestinian recalcitrance and the expansion of the settlements has stimulated a growing minority on the Right that wants to absorb the Palestinians with the West Bank and make one (Jewish) state, a Greater Israel. Source: Internet
Frustrated by the Lords' recalcitrance, Grey suggested that the King create a sufficient number of new peers to ensure the passage of the Reform Bill. Source: Internet
Earlier, Nunes threatened to seek impeachment of both Rosenstein and FBI Director James Wray for alleged FBI recalcitrance in providing documents to the House. Source: Internet
Moderate responses During fall 1865, out of response to the Black codes and worrisome signs of Southern recalcitrance, the Radical Republicans blocked the readmission of the former rebellious states to the Congress. Source: Internet
Whereupon grandmother could often be heard to mutter, "como anillo al dedo," meaning that our recurrent recalcitrance and my father’s perennial rebukes were two things that just went together; one was the natural consequence of the other. Source: Internet
On 21 February, Pope Pius IX granted a constitution to the Papal States, which was both unexpected and surprising considering the historical recalcitrance of the Papacy. Source: Internet