French to English Dictionary (Dictionnaire Français-Anglais)

Naught

Nothing; zero; the absence of anything.

Patriate

To legislate for the transfer of a colonial or dependent country's constitution from the mother country to its own jurisdiction.

Recalcitrant

Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.

Recidivist

A convicted criminal who relapses, relapsing repeatedly into crime or antisocial behavior.

Recusant

A person who refuses to submit to an authority or comply with a regulation, especially a religious one.

Reductionism

The practice of analyzing and describing a complex phenomenon in terms of its simple or fundamental constituents, especially when this is held to provide a sufficient explanation.

Reniform

Having the shape of a kidney; bean-shaped.

Repast

A meal or the food provided and eaten at a meal, often implying a substantial or formal gathering.

Repristination

The act of restoring something to its original state or condition.

Residuum

A substance that remains after a process, especially after the separation of a liquid from a solid.

Resplendence

The quality of being resplendent; brilliance or radiant beauty.

Retrogress

To return to a former, worse, or less developed state.