contumacy
[noun]
Synonyms: defiance, contempt, despite, recalcitrance, stubbornness

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contumacy noun. ['kɒntjʊmǝsi] ME.
[Latin contumacia, from contumax, -ac-, perh. formed as CON- + tumere swell: see -Y³.]
1. Obstinate disobedience to authority; stubborn perverseness; spec. (chiefly Hist.) wilful disobedience to the summons or order of a court. ME.
b. An act of disobedience. E18.

2. Resistance of a disease to treatment. M16-M17.
Also
■ contu'macity noun (rare) LME.

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