The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contumaciousness
Contumacious \Con`tu*ma"cious\, a. [L. contumax, -acis. See Contumacy.]
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Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.
There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner.
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(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.
Wiktionary
contumaciousness
n. The property of being contumacious.