Definition of contumacy

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con·tu·ma·cy

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NOUN:
pl. con·tu·ma·cies

Obstinate or contemptuous resistance to authority; stubborn rebelliousness.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English contumacie, from Latin contumcia, from contumx, contumc-, insolent

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