contumacy
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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."
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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
The captive, unless he excites suspicion by his conduct, or exhibits peculiar contumacy, is left with no other restraint than his own free will.
From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis
At Kirkandrews-on-Esk the churchwardens’ book shows a list of presentments for not bringing children to be baptised; for clandestine marriages, fornication, and contumacy.
From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Scott, Daniel
Their contentions, contumacies and pretensions were accordingly manifold.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Carlyle, Thomas
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