insolence

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David Gorski, who blogs at Respectful Insolence, suggests:

From Forbes • Aug. 7, 2015

“And you. You are to address me as Madam. I expect obedience at all times. Insolence will not be tolerated, not one bit. And you will curb your tendency to talk.”

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

They have performed innumerable and astonishing exploits against their much-hated Enemies, the Insolence of whose Rovers they continue to Restrain and Chastise, except when the Rovers, as sometimes happens, get the better of 'em.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus

Insolence has no place near you in my mind and memory.

From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia

And Panyasis the epic poet allots the first cup of wine to the Graces, the Hours, and Bacchus; the second to Venus, and again to Bacchus; the third to Insolence and Destruction.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us