refractoriness

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Donatello's refractoriness as regarded his ears had evidently cost him something, and he now came close to Miriam's side, gazing at her with an appealing air, as if to solicit forgiveness.

From The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

I considered them, therefore, as beings influenced by the most deplorable obduracy and refractoriness of spirit.

From The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

The disciplinarian, defeated in his attempt on Robinson, was compensated by a rare stroke of good fortune—a case of real refractoriness even this was not perfect, but it answered every purpose.

From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Reade, Charles

This is a triumph of education; refractoriness is overcome.

From The Education of the Child by Key, Ellen

It cannot be doubted that a certain refractoriness to form is a typical feature of the Basque character.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)