uncomplying

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In this they were deceived; and his firmness and uncomplying integrity is supposed to have accelerated his fall.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

Adj. refusing &c. v.; restive, restiff†; recusant; uncomplying, unconsenting; not willing to hear of, deaf to. refused &c. v.; ungranted, out of the question, not to be thought of, impossible.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

His features were plain, his turn of mind caustic, his feelings ambitious and avaricious, his temper uncomplying, and his whole appearance singular and unprepossessing.

From Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette by Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de

But in me, you, my mother and Queen, have hitherto found an uncomplying daughter--and you, Fathers, a self-willed Princess.

From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by Ware, William

Age and wealth are uncomplying task-masters—habit and power endure restraint with an ill grace.

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James