Firmness is a related term of contumacy.
As nouns the difference between firmness and contumacy
is that firmness is the state of being firm; strength; permanence; stability; hardness; resolution while contumacy is disobedience, resistance to authority.
firmness
English
Noun
The state of being firm; strength; permanence; stability; hardness; resolution.
References
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contumacy
English
Noun
(-)
disobedience, resistance to authority
Derived terms
* contumacious