contumacy

Ripstein cites his “contumacy,” a fancy synonym for stubbornness, as a decisive factor in maintaining an uninterrupted career for 60 years.

The House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling has identified “contumacy” on behalf of the Director in his refusal to answer a Congressional subpoena.

Monsieur le Chevalier, we shall excuse you for your contumacy, having the means of arriving at information by a higher power.

He disdained to obey the summons, and his excommunication for contumacy was published in all the churches of Paris.

They were ordered to obey humbly whatever the legates might see fit to command, and the vengeance of the Holy See was threatened for slackness or contumacy.