All contumacy synonyms
con·tu·ma·cy
C c noun contumacy
- insubordination — the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.
- recalcitrance — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- disobedience — lack of obedience or refusal to comply; disregard or transgression.
- refractoriness — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
- contempt — If you have contempt for someone or something, you have no respect for them or think that they are unimportant.
- rebelliousness — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- defiance — Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone.