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Indocility

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in·doc·ile  (n-dsl)
adj.
Resistant to authority or discipline; recalcitrant.
indo·cili·ty (nd-sl-t, -d-) n.
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Through flagrant indocility, Sukie immediately alerts potential buyers that she represents a "difficult" slave, thereby reducing the price she may fetch and thus her "master's" profit.
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His conclusion, that "many lay and clerical people associated civility (and thus hierarchical distinction and obedience) with piety" is not compelling, for the religious zealot was recognized and celebrated by his or her indocility and lack of compromise with the world.
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