obdurate

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Synonyms: obturate, indurate, objurgate, obdure, obduracy, obdurance, obdurant, odorate, durate, obscurate

Antonyms: obturate, indurate, objurgate, obdure, obduracy, obdurance, obdurant, odorate, durate, obscurate

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Adjective

1. Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
2. Physically hardened, toughened.
3. Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.

Verb

1. To harden; to obdure. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
   • (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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