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Sedition vs Contumacy - What's the difference?

sedition | contumacy | Related terms |

Sedition is a related term of contumacy.


As nouns the difference between sedition and contumacy

is that sedition is sedition (insurrection or rebellion) while contumacy is disobedience, resistance to authority.

sedition

English

(wikipedia sedition)

Noun

(en noun)
  • organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
  • insurrection or rebellion

    • Related terms

    * seditious

    See also

    * mutiny

    Anagrams

    * *

    contumacy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • disobedience, resistance to authority

    • Derived terms

    * contumacious

    See also

    * (wikipedia "contumacy") *