disobedience

disobedience
index anarchy, bad faith, breach, contempt (disobedience to the court), defiance, disloyalty, disregard (lack of respect), disrespect, infraction, infringement, insurrection, invasion, mutiny, nonconformity, offense, rebellion, resistance, revolt, sedition, transgression

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  • Disobedience — Dis o*be di*ence, n. Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition. [1913 Webster] He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience. Tillotson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • disobedience — c.1400, from O.Fr. desobedience, from V.L. *disobedientia (replacing L. inobedientia) from L. dis (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + obedientia (see OBEDIENCE (Cf. obedience)). The English word replaced earlier desobeissance in this sense, and inobedience (c …   Etymology dictionary

  • disobedience — [n] misbehavior; noncompliance with rules defiance, dereliction, disregard, indiscipline, infraction, infringement, insubmission, insubordination, insurgence, intractableness, mutiny, neglect, nonobservance, perversity, rebellion, recalcitrance,… …   New thesaurus

  • disobedience — [dis΄ō bē′dē əns, dis΄ə bē′dē əns] n. [ME < OFr desobedience: see DIS & OBEDIENCE] refusal to obey; failure to follow rules, commands, etc.; insubordination …   English World dictionary

  • disobedience — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ civil ▪ He called for a campaign of civil disobedience. ▪ the threat of mass civil disobedience ▪ wilful/willful VERB + DISOBEDIENCE ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • disobedience — n. 1) willful disobedience 2) civil disobedience 3) disobedience to (disobedience to orders) * * * [ˌdɪsə biːdjəns] civil disobedience willful disobedience disobedience to (disobedience to orders) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Disobedience — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disobedience >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disobedience disobedience insubordination contumacy Sgm: N 1 infraction infraction infringement Sgm: N 1 violation violation noncompliance Sgm: N 1 nonobservance nonobservance …   English dictionary for students

  • disobedience — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Refusal to obey Nouns 1. disobedience, insubordination, contumacy; infraction, infringement; naughtiness; violation, noncompliance; recusancy; nonobservance. Slang, behavishness, orneriness. See… …   English dictionary for students

  • disobedience — [[t]dɪ̱səbi͟ːdiəns[/t]] N UNCOUNT Disobedience is deliberately not doing what someone tells you to do, or what a rule or law says that you should do …   English dictionary

  • disobedience — See civil disobedience civil disorder …   Black's law dictionary

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