1) Hardness 2) Resistance 3) Unwillingness 
• (n.) Alt. of Renitency
Re·ni'tence (r?-n?'t e ns), Re*ni'ten*cy (-t e -s?) noun [ Confer French rénitence .] The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance. Sterne. « We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless f...