contumacy

Noun

Meaning

Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.

A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

obstinacy perverseness stubbornness despite resistance revolt rebellion contempt disobedience defiance rigidity insubordination insolence perversity noncompliance
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Antonyms

empire government practicability compliance submission obedience
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Hypernyms

disobedience insubordination noncompliance rebelliousness

Related terms

contumely

Derivatives

contumacies

Close letter words and terms

contumaciously contumaciousness contumacity contumelious contumeliously contumeliousness