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die Renitenz (-en)
   defiance, rebellion, recalcitrance, renitence, resistance, refractoriness

Die zweite Amtszeit von Horst Köhler war eine Zeit der kleinen Renitenzen – und der großen Missverständnisse.
Horst Köhler's second term [as German president] was a time of little rebellions – and big misunderstandings.
Dennis Hopper war Mitte der achtziger Jahre in Hollywood abgeschrieben. Reihenweise hatte er Regisseure mit seiner Renitenz in den Wahnsinn getrieben.
Dennis Hopper had been written off by Hollywood in the mid-1980s. One after another, he had driven directors crazy with his defiance.

Related:
renitent (adj) defiant, rebellious, recalcitrant, renitent, resistant, refractory
aufsässig (adj) rebellious, recalcitrant, obstreperous
widersetzlich (adj) insubordinate; obstreperous

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