Contumacy: alternatives and connections

Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; as, bulldog courage; bulldog tenacity.

Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.

Stiff, stubborn, clayey, or tenacious; as, a cledgy soil.

state or quality of being contrary; opposition; inconsistency; contrariety; perverseness; obstinacy.

The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

Difficult; hard to manage; stubborn.

Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.

an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire

The resistance which a body meets with from the surface on which it moves. It may be resistance to sliding motion, or to rolling motio…

Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.

The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesom…

Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command; stubborn.

Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn.

Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate…

The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judi…

Irregular; stubborn in particulars.

A very stubborn person.

Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline…