Contumacious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Obstinately disobedient or rebellious; insubordinate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
  • adj. Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.
  • adj. Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Headstrong; insolent; hence, resisting legitimate authority, whether civil, ecclesiastical, military, or parental; stubbornly disobedient or rebellious: as, a contumacious child.
  • Specifically In law, wilfully disobedient to a lawful order of a judicial or legislative body, or showing wilful contempt of its authority.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
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    obdurate    obstinate    stubborn    unyielding    disobedient   
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