noun.
Obstinate or contemptuous resistance to authority; stubborn rebelliousness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Wilful and persistent resistance to legitimate authority of any kind; unyielding disobedience; stubborn perverseness in an illegal or wrong course of action.
noun.
Specifically In law, wilful disobedience to a lawful order of a judicial or legislative body, or wilful contempt of its authority; a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.
noun.
A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.