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Recusancy

The state of being recusant; nonconformity.

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Recusant 74% connected

Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the establis…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Recusant 74% connected

Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the establis…

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Barrowist noun · 78% connection

A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformi…

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Dissent noun · 78% connection

Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity.

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Inconformity noun · 78% connection

Want of conformity; nonconformity.

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Morality noun · 78% connection

The relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral standard or rule; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a principl…

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Non- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.

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Wrong adjective · 78% connection

Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral right.

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Nonconformity noun · 72% connection

Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and…

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