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Contumacy Moderate

Contumacy has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

willful 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

3

Disobedience, resistance to authority.

See Also
contumaciously contumely contumaciousness authority contumacious disobedience resistance
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
disobedience insubordination
Rhyming Words
racy macy pacy gacy tacy jacy kacy lacy bracy stacy gracy spacy oracy cracy tracy b.acy legacy acracy curacy papacy
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