contumacy
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"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
She was "busted" out of Bryn Mawr for "deplorable contumacy of conduct."
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Shelley and Sir William Sirs: Shelley was dismissed for contumacy.
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I fear that your long silence and delay on this head is construed into contumacy and resistance.
From History of Prince Edward Island by Duncan Campbell
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
Their contentions, contumacies and pretensions were accordingly manifold.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Thomas Carlyle
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