Disobedience

noun

noun ·5 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Refusal to obey. countable, uncountable

    "The teacher complained of the child's disobedience."

  2. 2
    the failure to obey wordnet
  3. 3
    the trait of being unwilling to obey wordnet

Synonyms

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abnegationantipathyaversenessaversionbackwardnessbadness

Example

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"I was condemned for my disobedience."

Etymology

From Middle English disobedience, dysobediaunce, from Old French desobedience. By surface analysis, dis- + obedience. Displaced native Old English unhīersumnes.

Related phrases

civil disobedienceintelligent disobedience

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