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Webster 1913 Edition
Renitency
{
Re-ni′tence
(r?-n?′tens)
, Re-ni′ten-cy
(-te-s?)
, } Noun.
[Cf. F.
rénitence
.] The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance.
Sterne.
We find a
renitency
in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of plants. E. Darwin.