renitency
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun The resistance of a body to pressure; the effect of elasticity.
- noun Moral resistance; reluctance; disinclination.
Examples
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To impose this upon the apostle, that he should say, “Truly, for the most part, or in my ordinary walking, I do not sin, but withal I will it not; but when I am surprised with temptations then it is otherwise with me, there is no renitency in my will to sin,” is doubtless to wrong him.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
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It is a singular blessing, that nature has form’d the mind of man with the same happy backwardness and renitency against conviction, which is observed in old dogs — ‘of not learning new tricks.’
Note
The word 'renitency' may come from a French word meaning "resistant to being deformed, unwilling.".
