ONE LEGAL WORD - ONE DAY: “OBDURATE”

September 7, 2013 · 

ob·du·rate  

/ˈäbd(y)ərit/

Adjective Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.

Synonyms obstinate - stubborn - headstrong - dogged - pertinacious

Obdurate ob·du·rate  (bd-rt, -dy-)

adj.

1.

a. Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent: "obdurate conscience of the old sinner" (Sir Walter Scott).

b. Hardened against feeling; hardhearted: an obdurate miser.

2. Not giving in to persuasion; intractable. See Synonyms at inflexible.

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[Middle English obdurat, from Late Latin obdrtus, past participle of obdrre, to harden, from Latin, to be hard, endure : ob-, intensive pref.; see ob- + drus, hard; see deru-in Indo-European roots.]

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obdu·rate·ly adv.

     obdu·rate·ness n.

obdurate [ˈɒbdjʊrɪt]

adj

1. not easily moved by feelings or supplication; hardhearted

2. impervious to persuasion, esp to moral persuasion

[from Latin obdūrāre to make hard, from ob- (intensive) + dūrus hard; compare endure]

obduracy , obdurateness n

obdurately  adv

— Harshly resolute; not open to compromise. An obdurate paralegal or client is callous, dogmatic and unwilling to consider alternatives. Obduracy can affect costs.

Further Reading:

“This case started as litigation based on a home insurance contract. The appellant suffered a loss and encountered obduracy and bad faith on the part of the respondent.”

“The Obdurate Rump: Conrad Black and the Flouting of Corporate Governance” – Paper presented by Marc Edge, Ph.D.