01 a. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.
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1.
Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.“There is another very, efficacious method for subduing the most obstinate, contumacious sinner.” — Hammond.
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2.
Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.(Law)
Syn.
Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong.