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Self-Reliance & Other Essays

contumacy

noun · /ˈkɒn.tjʊ.mə.si/

stubborn refusal to obey authority, rules, or a court order

The judge warned that further contumacy could result in a fine.

Derivatives: contumacious, contumaciously, contumaciousness

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