Usually means: Stubborn resistance to authority; defiance.
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  1. contumaciousness: Collins English Dictionary
  2. contumaciousness: Wordnik
  3. contumaciousness: Wiktionary
  4. contumaciousness: Dictionary.com
  5. contumaciousness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  6. contumaciousness: FreeDictionary.org
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noun:  The property of being contumacious.

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