rebel vs recusant

rebel

noun
  • A person who resists an established authority, often violently. 

  • Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier. 

verb
  • To resist or become defiant toward an authority. 

recusant

noun
  • Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation. 

  • Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries. 

adj
  • pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy 

How often have the words rebel and recusant occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )