Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - recusant

 noun  Etymology: Latin ~-, recusans, present participle of recusare to reject, oppose, from re- + causari to give a reason, from causa cause, reason  Date: circa 1553  1. an English Roman Catholic of the time from about 1570 to 1791 who refused to attend services of the Church of England and thereby committed a statutory offense  2. one who refuses to accept or obey established authority  • ~ adjective