refusal+to+obey

  • 101insubordination — State of being insubordinate; disobedience to constituted authority. Refusal to obey some order which a superior officer is entitled to give and have obeyed. Term imports a wilful or intentional disregard of the lawful and reasonable instructions …

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  • 102insubordination — State of being insubordinate; disobedience to constituted authority. Refusal to obey some order which a superior officer is entitled to give and have obeyed. Term imports a wilful or intentional disregard of the lawful and reasonable instructions …

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  • 103disobedience — [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 …

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  • 104contumacy — n. stubborn refusal to obey or comply. Etymology: L contumacia f. contumax: see CONTUMACIOUS …

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  • 105in|sub|or|di|na|tion — «IHN suh BR duh NAY shuhn», noun. resistance to authority; refusal to obey; disobedience; rebellion; unruly behavior: »In the Mexican War he got into trouble for insubordination and general swellheadedness (Harper s) …

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  • 106de·fi·ance — /dıˈfajəns/ noun [noncount] : a refusal to obey something or someone : the act of defying someone or something acts of defiance often + of He was jailed for his defiance of the law. in defiance of : against or despite the wishes, rules, or laws… …

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  • 107re·bel·lion — /rıˈbɛljən/ noun, pl lions 1 : an effort by many people to change the government or leader of a country by the use of protest or violence [count] The king s army suppressed/quelled/crushed the rebellion. The unfair tax laws sparked a rebellion. A …

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  • 108Criticism of Jehovah's Witnesses — Part of a series on Jehovah s Witnesses Overview …

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  • 109HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 110Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …

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