Associations to the word «Contumacy»

Wiktionary

CONTUMACY, noun. Disobedience, resistance to authority.

Dictionary definition

CONTUMACY, noun. Willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court.
CONTUMACY, noun. Obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne