contumacy
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She was "busted" out of Bryn Mawr for "deplorable contumacy of conduct."
From Time Magazine Archive
"This is the most outrageous case of contumacy I have ever seen," bellowed Lawyer Rogge, obtaining a recess until March 20.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shelley and Sir William Sirs: Shelley was dismissed for contumacy.
From Time Magazine Archive
His contumacy was made the excuse for the outlawry of himself and his family.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
On the contrary, as if from sheer perverseness and contumacy, the evil, if anything, was rather increased.
From Quodlibet by Kennedy, John Pendleton
Their contentions, contumacies and pretensions were accordingly manifold.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Carlyle, Thomas
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