Disobedience
noun
noun ·5 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Refusal to obey. countable, uncountable
"The teacher complained of the child's disobedience."
- 2 the failure to obey wordnet
- 3 the trait of being unwilling to obey wordnet
Example
More examples"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.