noun stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.
2. contumacy ·noun a willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.
noun stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.
2. contumacy ·noun a willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012