recusancy

English Thesaurus

1. refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England (noun.act)

hypernym	:	direct action,
definition	:	a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands (noun.act)

derivation	:	recusant,
definition	:	refusing to submit to authority (adj.all)

derivation	:	dissentient, recusant,
definition	:	(of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England (adj.all)

derivation	:	recusant,
definition	:	refusing to submit to authority (adj.all)

derivation	:	dissentient, recusant,
definition	:	(of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England (adj.all)