calcitrationn.
/kalsɪˈtreɪʃən/ Kicking. literal and figurative.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the foot > kicking
spurningc1384
kicking1552
spurn1641
calcitration1651
funking1821
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance
witherOE
wiþerstrencþc1175
withstanding1303
resistancea1325
gainstandinga1340
withsetting1340
resistencec1390
again-standingc1400
resisting1436
repugnance?a1439
gainstandc1470
disstandingc1485
against-standinga1500
repugnancya1500
resist1535
objection1543
reluctation1593
resistment1605
rebeck1609
reluctance1609
reluctancy1613
obluctation1615
redaction1621
resistencya1623
obstrigillation1623
resistal1631
resistancy1656
recalcitration1658
stemc1700
calcitration1867
push-back1984
1651 A. Ross Arcana Microcosmi ii. xiv. 92 The birth of the child is caused partly by its calcitration.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. iii. i. 179/1 It..suppressed the irregular Calcitrations of it.
1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. x. 303 There were signs of calcitration in the churchwarden, when he perceived whither I was leading him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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