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Definition of Contumacious in English :

Contumacious

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Adjective

1. contumacious

wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient

Example Sentences:
'a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Contumacious

see synonyms of contumacious

adjective

stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate

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Contumacious

see synonyms of contumacious

adjective

obstinately resisting authority; insubordinate; disobedient

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Contumacious

see synonyms of contumacious

adj.

Obstinately disobedient or rebellious; insubordinate.

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