RECURVITY
Re*cur"vi*ty (r*kr"v*t), n.
Defn: Recurvation.
RECURVOUS Re*cur"vous (-vs), a. Etym: [L. recurvus; pref. re- re + curvus curved.]
Defn: Recurved. Derham.
RECUSANCY
Re*cu"san*cy (r*k"zan*s or rk"-), n.
Defn: The state of being recusant; nonconformity. Coke.
RECUSANT Re*cu"sant (-zat; 277), a.Etym: [L. recusans, -antis, p.pr. of recure to refuse, to oject to; pref. re- re + causa a cause, pretext: cf. F. récusant. See Cause, and cf. Ruse.]
Defn: Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord. It stated him to have placed his son in the household of the Countess of Derby, a recusant papist. Sir W. Scott.
RECUSANT
Re*cu"sant, n.
1. One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion. The last rebellious recusants among the European family of nations. De Quincey.