Etymograph

English

recusancy

From recusant + -cy.

A compound of recusant + -cy

Latin causa ‘cause, reason’

Latin recūsō ‘to refuse, decline’

Latin recūsans

English recusant

Today it means

noun Obstinate refusal or opposition.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “recusancy”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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