contumacy
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She was "busted" out of Bryn Mawr for "deplorable contumacy of conduct."
From Time Magazine Archive
"This is the most outrageous case of contumacy I have ever seen," bellowed Lawyer Rogge, obtaining a recess until March 20.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shelley and Sir William Sirs: Shelley was dismissed for contumacy.
From Time Magazine Archive
The game was up, and he had no doubt that the law he had defied would crush him for his contumacy; but that, after all, seemed of no great moment then.
From Delilah of the Snows by Harold Bindloss
Even more remarkable as a manifestation of contumacy is the case of Guillem Garric, held in prison for complicity in the attempt to destroy the records at Carcassonne in 1284.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
Their contentions, contumacies and pretensions were accordingly manifold.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Thomas Carlyle
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