CONTUMACY Synonyms

There are 12 synonyms of the word contumacy. (exact relations)
There are 4 hypernyms of the word contumacy. (close relations)

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	defiance				nounn
	noun • intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude • a hostile challenge • a defiant act
	disobedience				nounn
	noun • the failure to obey • the trait of being unwilling to obey
	impudence				nounn
	noun • an impudent statement • the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
	insolence				nounn
	noun • the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties • an offensive disrespectful impudent act
	insubordination				nounn
	noun • defiance of authority • an insubordinate act
	noncompliance				nounn
	noun • the failure to obey
	obstinacy				nounn
	noun • the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome • resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
	opposition				nounn
	noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected • the relation between opposed entities • the act of hostile groups opposing each other • a contestant that you are matched against • a body of people united in opposing something • a direction opposite to another • an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
	rebellion				nounn
	noun • refusal to accept some authority or code or convention • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
	recalcitrance				nounn
	noun • the trait of being unmanageable
	resistance				nounn
	noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion • a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms • the military action of resisting the enemy's advance • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease • the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force • the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current • group action in opposition to those in power
	stubbornness				nounn
	noun • the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome • resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

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