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Definitions for Contumacy
[1] stubborn perverseness or rebelliousness; willful and obstinate resistance or disobedience to authority.
[2] obstinate and wilful rebelliousness or resistance to authority; insubordination; disobedience
[3] the wilful refusal of a person to appear before a court or to comply with a court order
Words related to Contumacy
insubordination, recalcitrance, disobedience, refractoriness, contempt, rebelliousness
Words nearby Contumacy
controlling interest, controversial, controversy, controvert, contumacious, contumacy, contumely, contuse, contused wound, contusion, conté
Origin of Contumacy
1150–1200; Middle English contumacie < Latin contumācia, equivalent to contumāc-, stem of contumāx unyielding, stubborn (con- con- + -tum- of uncertain sense, though connected by classical authors with both contemnere to regard with contempt and tumēre to swell) + -āx adj. suffix) + -ia -ia
Word origin for Contumacy
C14: from Latin contumācia, from contumāx obstinate; related to tumēre to swell, be proud
Synonyms for Contumacy
contempt, disobedience, insubordination, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness