weigerend
Weigerend is a Dutch present participle and adjective formed from the verb weigeren, meaning to refuse or decline. It describes someone or something that refuses to comply, participate, or accept. As an attributive adjective it commonly precedes the noun: "een weigerende getuige" (a witness who refuses to testify), "een weigerende houding" (a refusing attitude). The participle can also function in predicative phrases, often with a finite verb, e.g., "De getuige bleef weigerend." In everyday language, weigerend marks a continuing stance rather than a single action.
In legal, administrative and formal contexts, the term is used to describe a party or authority that
Synonyms include afwijzend (rejecting) and onwillig (reluctant), though these carry slightly different nuances. Antonyms include toestemmen
Etymology: from the verb weigeren, with the present-participle suffix -end, used to form adjectives describing ongoing