Associations to the word «Contumacious»

Wiktionary

CONTUMACIOUS, adjective. Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
CONTUMACIOUS, adjective. (legal) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.

Dictionary definition

CONTUMACIOUS, adjective. Wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; "a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn