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   contumacy

   /ˈkɒntjʊməsi/

   noun

   • 1. stubborn refusal to obey or comply with authority, especially disobedience to a court order or summons. archaic

   Word Origin Middle English: from Latin contumacia ‘inflexibility’, from contumax (see contumacious).

   Scrabble Points: 18

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