1. Wilful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court 
2. Obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority

Derived forms: contumacies

See also: contumacious

Type of: disobedience, insubordination, noncompliance, rebelliousness

Encyclopedia: Contumacy

• Motacilla
• Motacillidae
• mote
• motel
• motel room
• motet
• moth
• moth bean
• moth miller
• moth mullein
• moth orchid
• moth plant
• moth-eaten
• moth-resistant
• mothball
• mother
• mother board
• Mother Carey's chicken
• Mother Carey's hen
• mother cell
• mother country
• mother figure
• Mother Goose
• mother hen
• Mother Hubbard