contumacy

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Shelley and Sir William Sirs: Shelley was dismissed for contumacy.

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

For this attempt to enlighten the workingmen, one of the German courts tried him in a state of contumacy and sentenced him to imprisonment.

From Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 by Trotzky, Leon Davidovich

So, then, here was a strike of farm-hands and open contumacy, but Krzycki was helpless.

From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk