Definition of "contumaciousness" []

• The property of being contumacious. (noun)

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• ""The charge against you," explained the judge, "is contumaciousness in that you still insist on coveting a property which is claimed by royalty, under the divine right of queens.""
• "A doctrine of election from which universal grace is eliminated, necessarily leads to despair or to contumaciousness and carnal security."
• "State with characteristic contumaciousness would not repeal."