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View usage for: contumacy in British English (ˈkɒntjʊməsɪ) nounWord forms: plural -cies1. obstinate and wilful rebelliousness or resistance to authority; insubordination; disobedience 2. the wilful refusal of a person to appear before a court or to comply with a court order Word origin C14: from Latin contumācia, from contumāx obstinate; related to tumēre to swell, be proud contumacy in American English (ˈkɑntjuməsi; ˈkɑntəməsi) nounWord forms: plural ˈcontumacies stubborn refusal to submit to authority, esp. that of a law court; insubordination; disobedience Word origin ME contumacie < L contumacia < contumax, haughty, stubborn < com-, intens. + tumere, to swell up: see tumor Examples of 'contumacy' in a sentencecontumacy Synonyms of 'contumacy'obstinacy, contempt, disobedience, intransigence More Synonyms of contumacy Definition obstinate disobedience (literary) Synonyms contempt intransigence delinquency stubbornness rebelliousness recalcitrance haughtiness pig-headedness refractoriness perverseness contrariety Additional synonymsAny further disobedience will be severely punished. Synonyms defiance, mutiny, indiscipline, revolt, insubordination, waywardness, infraction, recalcitrance, noncompliance, unruliness, nonobservance The two men were fired for insubordination. Synonyms disobedience, rebellion, defiance, revolt, mutiny, insurrection, indiscipline, sedition, recalcitrance, ungovernability, riotousness, mutinousness - controversy
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