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Contumacious

Contumacious Meaning & Definition
Contumacious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Contumacious?

[adj] wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; "a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Contumacious: insubordinate

Related Terms | Find terms related to Contumacious: alienated | beyond control | breachy | contrary | defiant | disaffected | estranged | factious | fractious | froward | impatient of control | incorrigible | indocile | indomitable | insuppressible | insurgent | intractable | irreconcilable | irrepressible | obstreperous | ornery | out of hand | perverse | rebellious | recalcitrant | refractory | resistant | resisting | restive | seditious | shrewish | unbiddable | uncontrollable | ungovernable | unmalleable | unmanageable | unmoldable | unruly | unsubmissive | wild

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Contumacious In Webster's Dictionary

\Con`tu*ma"cious\, a. [L. contumax, -acis. See {Contumacy}.] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. --Hammond. 2. (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. --Blackstone. Syn: Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong. -- {Con`tu*ma"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Con`tu*ma"cious*ness}, n.

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