contumacy
English Thesaurus
1. obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority (noun.act)
hypernym | : | insubordination, rebelliousness, |
definition | : | an insubordinate act (noun.act) |
2. willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court (noun.act)
hypernym | : | disobedience, noncompliance, |
definition | : | the failure to obey (noun.act) |
domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
3. obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority (noun.act)
derivation | : | contumacious, contumacious, |
definition | : | wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient (adj.all) |
derivation | : | contumacious, contumacious, |
definition | : | wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient (adj.all) |
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