contumacy

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒntjʊməsi/
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From Latin contumācia, from contumāx (“refusing to appear in a court of law in disobedience of a summons; insolent, obstinate, stiff-necked”).

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: weerbarstigheid — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Bulgarian: упорство (uporstvo) — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Bulgarian: неподчинение (nepodčinenie) — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Catalan: contumàcia — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Faroese: ólýdni móti rættinum — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Faroese: treiskni — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Faroese: tvørlyndi — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Finnish: niskoittelu — disobedience, resistance to authority
• French: contumace — disobedience, resistance to authority
• French: désobéissance — disobedience, resistance to authority
• German: Widerspenstigkeit — disobedience, resistance to authority
• German: Verstocktheit — disobedience, resistance to authority
• German: Gehorsamsverweigerung — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Italian: contumacia — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Italian: indocilità — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Japanese: 命令不服従 (mērēfufukujū) — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Japanese: 不従順 (fujūjun) — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Korean: 명령 불복 (myeongnyeong bulbok) — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjenstridighet — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Norwegian Bokmål: ulydighet — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Norwegian Bokmål: trass — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Norwegian Bokmål: ringeakt for retten — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Polish: nieposłuszeństwo — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Portuguese: contumácia — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Portuguese: revelia — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Scottish Gaelic: eas-urramachd — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Upper Sorbian: spjećiwosć — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Upper Sorbian: spěrawosć — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Upper Sorbian: přećiwnosć — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Spanish: contumacia — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Swedish: gensträvighet — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Turkish: âsîlik — disobedience, resistance to authority
• Turkish: isyankârlık — disobedience, resistance to authority