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contumacy.

Disobedience, resistance to authority.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɒntjʊməsi/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Disobedience, resistance to authority.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Latin contumācia, from contumāx (“refusing to appear in a court of law in disobedience of a summons; insolent, obstinate, stiff-necked”).

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