Adjective recalcitrant has 2 senses
  1. recalcitrant, refractory - marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or guidance; "a recalcitrant teenager"; "everything revolves around a refractory individual genius"
    Antonyms: tractable, manipulable (indirect, via intractable)
  2. recalcitrant - marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"
    Antonym:
    compliant (indirect, via defiant)
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