Obs. rare. [f. CONTUMACIOUS, by false analogy after vexatious, vexation, etc.] = CONTUMACY.

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1618.  Naunton, To Sir R. Wilson, 16 Sept. (R. Suppl.). If he [Raleigh] should fail in either of these two conditions, he should but augment his fault and contumation both.

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