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Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.

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  1. a. Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.
  2. adj. stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  3. adj. marked by stubborn resistance to authority
  4. Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.
  5. Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance oropposition; refractory.
  6. j:100 s. marked by stubborn resistance to authority