contumacy
noun
stubborn perverseness or rebelliousness; willful and obstinate resistance or disobedience to authority.
contumacies
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pluralof contumacy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Their contentions, contumacies and pretensions were accordingly manifold.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Thomas Carlyle
