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Contumacy

//ˈkɒntjʊməsi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Disobedience, resistance to authority. countable, uncountable

    "[T]heſe Muſhrome Lords (Spirituall onely in Title, but wholly Temporall in reality), firſt ſprouted up by inſenſible degrees in the Church of Christ; ſo it is moſt infallibly convinced of notorious falſehood, by the multitude of thoſe moſt execrable Treaſons, Treacheries, Conſpiracies, Rebellions, Contumacies, Inſurrections, Seditions, and Anti-Monarchiall practiſes of Lordly Prelates, againſt their Soveraignes, in all ages ſince they grew rich and potent, in all Kingdomes and Churches where they have been admitted; […]"

  2. 2
    obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority wordnet
  3. 3
    willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court wordnet

Etymology

From Latin contumācia, from contumāx (“refusing to appear in a court of law in disobedience of a summons; insolent, obstinate, stiff-necked”).

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