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Synonyms for contumacy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kon-too-muh-see, -tyoo- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒn tʊ mə si, -tyʊ- |
Définition of contumacy
Origin :- late 14c., from Latin contumacia "haughtiness, insolence," noun of quality from contumax (see contumely).
- noun defiance
- As they failed to appear they were condemned for contumacy and deposed.
- Extract from : « An Introduction to the History of Western Europe » by James Harvey Robinson
- If he has proceeded since, I shall hold him accountable for his contumacy.
- Extract from : « The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Six » by Abraham Lincoln
- To question his imbecile ideas is to stand in contumacy of the revelation of God.
- Extract from : « The American Credo » by George Jean Nathan
- He, however, added to his contumacy by surviving until his ninety-second year.
- Extract from : « The Magnificent Montez » by Horace Wyndham
- But can the king forgive your intercession and Warwick's contumacy?
- Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Contumacy towards his father (the late Emperor) by riding on horseback to the very door of the hall of audience at Yuen-min-yuen.
- Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow
- Contumacy was punishable by expulsion and exclusion from every profession.
- Extract from : « The Greville Memoirs » by Charles C. F. Greville
- I have utterly destroyed its city and its people for its contumacy.
- Extract from : « Lost Diaries » by Maurice Baring
- The price of contumacy was outlawry, and decapitation between the two columns.
- Extract from : « Venice and its Story » by Thomas Okey
- Evidently they were incensed at the contumacy of their victims.
- Extract from : « Bernard Brooks' Adventures » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
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