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Definition of obduracy : The duality or state of being obdurate; invincible hardness of heart; obstinacy.

Synonyms:

inexorableness, stubbornness, obdurateness, inflexibleness, resist, implacableness, adamance, intransigence, incompliance, unyieldingness, intransigency, grimness, incompliancy, die-hardism, remorselessness, rigidity, rigidness, implacability, relentlessness, inflexibility, inexorability

Usage examples:

• Your son is at perfect liberty to marry my mistress, since he has seen fit to desire it, and he shall do so, or repent his obduracy in the Bastille, where he will have time and leisure to learn the respect which he owes to his sovereign." - "The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 1 (of 3)", Julia Pardoe.
• " As far as I can judge from here, there seem to be three possibilities: " 1. That the Wilson peace movement should fail in consequence of the obduracy of our enemies. - "My Three Years in America", Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff.
• We say relative ignorance; for an element of obduracy and hardening already existed, if he did not believe the Prophet, even without a sign. - "Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2", Ernst Hengstenberg.