contumacy
noun
con·tu·ma·cy kən-ˈtü-mə-sē 
-ˈtyü-;
ˈkän-tü-,
-tyü-,
-chə- : stubborn resistance to authority
specifically : willful contempt of court
Synonyms
- balkiness
- contrariness
- defiance
- disobedience
- frowardness
- insubordination
- intractability
- obstreperousness
- rebellion
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- refractoriness
- unruliness
- waywardness
- willfulness
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
a rogue archbishop who was excommunicated on grounds of contumacy
Word History
Etymology
Middle English contumacie, from Anglo-French, from Latin contumacia, from contumac-, contumax rebellious
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
contumacy
noun
con·tu·ma·cy kən-ˈtü-mə-sē, -ˈtyü-; ˈkän-tə-mə-sē, -tyə-
: willful disobedience of a court order
contumacy
noun
as in rebellion
refusal to obey a rogue archbishop who was excommunicated on grounds of contumacy Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- rebellion
- defiance
- disobedience
- willfulness
- rebelliousness
- insubordination
- disrespect
- waywardness
- recalcitrance
- frowardness
- unruliness
- contrariness
- intractability
- rudeness
- refractoriness
- obstinacy
- obstreperousness
- balkiness
- inconsiderateness
- noncooperation
- stubbornness
- pertinacity
- obduracy
- ungraciousness
- insolence
- impudence
- impoliteness
- civil disobedience
- peevishness
- perversity
- inconsideration
- pigheadedness
- tenacity
- doggedness
- impertinence
- self-will
- obdurateness
- tenaciousness
- discourteousness
- naughtiness
- obstinateness
- knavery
- mischievousness
- hardheadedness
- mulishness
- pertinaciousness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- obedience
- subordination
- compliance
- submission
- subserviency
- tractability
- amiability
- subservience
- amenability
- agreeability
- submissiveness
- slavishness
- tractableness
- subordinateness
- deference
- docility
- dutifulness
- trainability