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contumacy

[kon-too-muh-see, -tyoo-] / ˈkɒn tʊ mə si, -tyʊ- /


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"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

She was "busted" out of Bryn Mawr for "deplorable contumacy of conduct."

From Time Magazine Archive

On the contrary, as if from sheer perverseness and contumacy, the evil, if anything, was rather increased.

From Quodlibet by Kennedy, John Pendleton

Yes, sir; I know that you would not, for any thing, show contumacy; and that you will allow me, like a reasonable man, to execute the orders I have received.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver




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