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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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