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)