Re*ni"tence (r?-n?"tens), Re*ni"ten*cy (-te-s?), n. [Cf. F. r'enitence.]
The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance.
Sterne.
We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of plants.
E. Darwin.
© Webster 1913.