contumacy

n. கீழ்ப்படியாமை, பிடி முரணான எதிர்ப்பு.

Synonyms

rebelliousness stubbornness restiveness waywardness self-will untractableness

Antonyms

submissiveness docility tractableness servility cringing fawning flattery

Con"tu*ma*cy, n.; pl. Contumacies. Etym: [L. contumacia, fr. contumax, -acis, insolent; prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. F. contumace. Cf. Contemn.] 1. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority. The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy. Strype. 2. (Law) Defn: 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. Syn. -- Stubbornness; perverseness; obstinacy.

contumacy - Similar Words

contumely constancy incontumacim contumacious contact iconomachy centauromachy optimacy onomancy naumachy