Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Recusancy \Re*cu"san*cy\ (r?*k?"zan*s? or r?k"?-), n.
   The state of being recusant; nonconformity. --Coke.

Source : WordNet®

recusancy
     n : refusal to submit to established authority; originally the
         refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the
         Church of England