RENITENT

PRONUNCIATION: (REN-uh-tuhnt)

MEANING: adjective: Resistant to compulsion or pressure.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin renitent-, renitens, present participle of reniti (to resist), from re- + niti (to strive, to struggle). Earliest documented use: 1604.
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RENTITENT - how you can host a huge party in your backyard; occasionally, the torn condition of the shelter after things got a little out of hand overnight

RE-UNITENT - tending to come together again after being separated

ARENITENT - insisting on a large venue to form in