Dictionary Entry
contumacy
contumacy is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.
- 2noun
A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.
- 3noun
obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority
- 4noun
willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court
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