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

He disdained to obey the summons, and his excommunication for contumacy was published in all the churches of Paris.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

The game was up, and he had no doubt that the law he had defied would crush him for his contumacy; but that, after all, seemed of no great moment then.

From Delilah of the Snows by Bindloss, Harold