CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contempt of Congress mean? 

• CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS (noun)
  The noun CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS has 1 sense:

1. deliberate obstruction of the operation of the federal legislative branch

  Familiarity information: CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deliberate obstruction of the operation of the federal legislative branch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("contempt of Congress" is a kind of...):

contempt (a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)