contumacy

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

In vain the Lords ordered him to give it up to Lord Warwick, and summoned him before them to explain his contumacy.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert