contumacy 的定义
plural con·tu·ma·cies.
- stubborn perverseness or rebelliousness; willful and obstinate resistance or disobedience to authority.
contumacy 近义词
defiance
更多contumacy例句
- Dubut of Caen was involved in the trial of the Chauffeurs of Mortagne, in 1809, and sentenced to death for contumacy.
- Mazzini and five more, who escaped, were sentenced in contumacy to death; others were sent to long terms of imprisonment.
- I fear that your long silence and delay on this head is construed into contumacy and resistance.
- If they refused to answer, they were punished for contumacy; if they complied, they were punished for Nonconformity.
- Eighteen years ago he was condemned in contumacy for conspiracy against the life of the late King.