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Contumacious
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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 See Also | 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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