Hello Thanks First if you want to chat with me please reply at my Talk Page not at yours I check my Talk Page every day and see the new postings I certainly do not check your Talk Page every day to see if you posted anything there My Talk Page is at this link here User talk Joseph A Spadaro Second per Wikipedia rules I am not giving any legal advice at all just trying to answer a semantics question Third remember that the situation and laws are different all over the place I am in the USA and answering as such I have no idea where you are located and if it is within or outside the USA So all of that being said I can now answer your latest follow up questions Let me address the first part of your question which states one is free to terminate such a contract for whatever reasons are permitted or not forbidden within that contract In a one word answer yes But the way that your follow up question is worded it seems like you are mixing apples and oranges that is confusing very different things I guess I am not sure what you mean by terminating a contract The contract itself usually has dates within it such as This contract runs from January 1 2008 and will expire on December 31 2008 So you never terminate that contract it just dies on December 31 2008 If you want to break stop the contract before the ending date of December 31 that s a different story and it would depend on why what reasons you want to not finish out the whole year contract As you refer to some contracts will have explicit terms within them that delineate when where how why the contract may be terminated Some contracts have no dates in them correct And within them there will be there should be certain reasons as to when how why either party may end the contract But in a one word simplistic answer yes one is free to terminate such a contract for whatever reasons are permitted or not forbidden within that contract Let me address the second part of your question which states one can not legitimately accuse the contractee of insubordination Again you are mixing apples and oranges So it is a hard question to answer In a simple answer the answer is maybe yes and maybe no If any terms of the contract deal with insubordination then yes one party may certainly accuse the other party of insubordination For example a contract may state If Party A does not report to the work site prior to 9 AM that will be considered insubordination or If Party B does not submit the appropriate paper work at the end of the day that action will be considered insubordination or something like that So if the terms of the contract deal with insubordination then yes one party may certainly accuse the other of insubordination Now let s say that the contract does not in any way mention insubordination This is probably the likely case that you are referring to Then in terms of semantics that is language and wording then no one party may not accuse the other of insubordination But really they can accuse the other party of breaching the terms of the contract that is not meeting up with their end of the bargain in the contract So the real and correct words semantics would be that one party accuses the other of either breaching breaking the contract or not complying with the terms and consitions of the contract or words like that Those essentially mean the same thing as the concept of insubordination not doing what you are supposed to do and expected to do when asked to do so But you just would not use the word insubordination You would use the word violating our contract But in spirit it all means the same thing So if I was the party to the contract and the other party accused me of insubordination and our contract terms never mention insubordination then I would take that to mean that the other party is accusing me of not adhering to the terms of the contract and he is simply using the wrong jargon but he may or may not be wrong in principal and substance In other words just because the other party used the wrong incorrect word he improperly used the incorrect word of insubordination that doesn t change the fact that maybe yes I did do something wrong and I did go against the contract I hope this all helps Please reply at my Talk Page Maybe if you make your question a little more clearer and detailed I can craft a better answer Thanks