uncomplying

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He not only felt the uncomplying message of the queen as a sufficient mortification to his personal vanity, but as a public attack upon his influence and power as a king.

From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I by Cox, Francis Augustus

But Súdáveh still kept in view her own design, and still laboring for its success, sedulously read her own incantations to prevent disappointment, at any rate to punish the uncomplying youth if she failed.

From The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 by Gottheil, Richard James Horatio

Not only was the uncomplying Avaugour recalled, but the bishop himself was requested to nominate a successor.

From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by LeSueur, William Dawson

The law commandeth mercy, not compliance: And thus for mercy's sake he's uncomplying.

From Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts by Taylor, William

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