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Recalcitrance synonyms

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contempt
Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.
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  1. Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.
  2. The state of being despised or dishonored:
  3. The willful defiance, disregard, or disrespect of judicial or legislative authority or dignity, especially any disobedience of an order or any conduct that disrupts, obstructs, or interferes with the administration or procedures of a court or legislature. See also contemner. The willful defiance, disregard, or disrespect of judicial or legislative authority or dignity, especially any disobedience of an order or any conduct that disrupts, obstructs, or interferes with the administration or procedures of a court or legislature. See also contemner.
contumacy
Stubborn refusal to submit to authority, esp. that of a law court; insubordination; disobedience
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  1. Stubborn refusal to submit to authority, esp. that of a law court; insubordination; disobedience
  2. Obstinate or contemptuous resistance to authority; stubborn rebelliousness.
  3. The willful disobedience of a court’s direction, order, or summons or any other disrespectful or disruptive conduct that would justify a finding of contempt. The willful disobedience of a court’s direction, order, or summons or any other disrespectful or disruptive conduct that would justify a finding of contempt.
defiance
A challenge
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  1. A challenge
  2. The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.
  3. The act or an example of defying; bold resistance to an opposing force or authority.
despite
Contemptuous defiance or disregard.
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  1. Contemptuous defiance or disregard.
  2. (Archaic) Contempt; scorn
  3. Spite; malice:
disorderliness
The state or quality of being disorderly.
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  1. The state or quality of being disorderly.
fractiousness
The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness.
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  1. The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness.
  2. A peevish or cranky nature.
indocility
The quality or condition of being indocile
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  1. The quality or condition of being indocile
obstinacy
An obstinate act, attitude, etc.
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  1. An obstinate act, attitude, etc.
  2. Stubbornness
  3. The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.
obstinateness
The characteristic of being obstinate.
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  1. The characteristic of being obstinate.
refractoriness
The quality of being refractory.
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  1. The quality of being refractory.
uncontrollableness
The state or quality of being uncontrollable.
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  1. The state or quality of being uncontrollable.
unruliness
The state of being unruly.
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  1. The state of being unruly.
untowardness
(Countable) Something untoward.
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  1. (Countable) Something untoward.
  2. (Uncountable) The state or condition of being untoward.
wildness
The quality of being wild or untamed
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  1. The quality of being wild or untamed
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