- 1. a. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. Source: opted
- 2. a. Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. Source: opted
- 3. adj. wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. Hammond. 2. (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. Blackstone. Syn. -- Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ness, n. Source: webster
- 5. Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court.Blackstone. Source: adambom
- 6. s. wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient Source: ecdict
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