contumacy Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- unruliness
- frowardness
- contrariness
- insubordination
- waywardness
- intractability
- refractoriness
- recalcitrance
- obstreperousness
- rudeness
Weak:
- discourteousness
- insolence
- impertinence
- tenacity
- inconsideration
- obstinacy
- stubbornness
- tenaciousness
- ungraciousness
- impoliteness
- naughtiness
- hardheadedness
- balkiness
- self-will
- doggedness
- noncooperation
- obduracy
- pigheadedness
- impudence
- inconsiderateness
- pertinacity
- knavery
- civil-disobedience
- mischievousness
- perversity
- peevishness
Strongest:
- compliance
- subserviency
- subserviency
- amiability
- subordination
- subordination
- amenability
- submission
- tractability
- compliance
- tractability
- obedience
- amiability
- submission
- amenability
- obedience
Strong:
- subordinateness
- deference
- subservience
- tractableness
- slavishness
- subservience
- deference
- slavishness
- submissiveness
- agreeability
- tractableness
- subordinateness
- submissiveness
- agreeability
Weak:
contumacy Meaning
contumacy (n)
willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court
obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority
contumacy Sentence Examples
- The court issued a citation for contumacy after the defendant failed to appear for the hearing.
- His contumacy towards authority figures often led to conflicts in the workplace.
- The student's contumacy towards school rules resulted in disciplinary action.
- Despite numerous warnings, the employee's contumacy persisted, leading to termination.
- The captain faced charges of contumacy for refusing to follow orders during a critical operation.
- The company policy clearly states that contumacy towards colleagues will not be tolerated.
- The union leader was arrested for contumacy after leading a protest without the necessary permits.
- The athlete's contumacy towards doping regulations tarnished his reputation.
- The professor expelled the student for contumacy when he repeatedly disrupted class.
- The judge imposed a fine for contumacy after the witness refused to answer questions during the trial.
FAQs About the word contumacy
willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court, obstinate rebelliousness and insubordinatio
willfulness, disrespect,rebellion, defiance, rebelliousness, disobedience, unruliness, frowardness, contrariness,insubordination
compliance, subserviency, subserviency, amiability, subordination, subordination, amenability, submission, tractability, compliance
The court issued a citation for contumacy after the defendant failed to appear for the hearing.
His contumacy towards authority figures often led to conflicts in the workplace.
The student's contumacy towards school rules resulted in disciplinary action.
Despite numerous warnings, the employee's contumacy persisted, leading to termination.
