Disobedience

Synonyms for "disobedience" (108 found)

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Noun(2 words)
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Related words (54)

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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causes desire

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is a

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related to

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Translations

61 translations across 45 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • mosbindje noun (refusal to obey)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • παρακοή noun (refusal to obey)
  • ἀπείθεια noun (refusal to obey)

Arabic

1 entries
  • عِصْيَان noun (refusal to obey)

Armenian

1 entries
  • անհնազանդություն noun (refusal to obey)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • непадпара́дкаванне noun (refusal to obey)
  • непаслухмя́насць noun (refusal to obey)
  • непаслушэ́нства noun (refusal to obey)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • неподчинение noun (refusal to obey)
  • непослушание noun (refusal to obey)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • нєпослух noun (refusal to obey)

Catalan

1 entries
  • desobediència noun (refusal to obey)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • paglapas noun (refusal to obey)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 不服從 /不服从 noun (refusal to obey)

Czech

2 entries
  • neposlušnost noun (refusal to obey)
  • vzdor noun (refusal to obey)

Danish

1 entries
  • ulydighed noun (refusal to obey)

Dutch

1 entries
  • ongehoorzaamheid noun (refusal to obey)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • malobeemo noun (refusal to obey)

Faroese

1 entries
  • ólýdni noun (refusal to obey)

Finnish

1 entries
  • tottelemattomuus noun (refusal to obey)

French

1 entries
  • désobéissance noun (refusal to obey)

Georgian

2 entries
  • დაუმორჩილებლობა noun (refusal to obey)
  • ურჩობა noun (refusal to obey)

German

1 entries
  • Ungehorsam noun (refusal to obey)

Gothic

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  • 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (refusal to obey)

Greek

1 entries
  • ανυπακοή noun (refusal to obey)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אי־ציות noun (refusal to obey)

Hindi

1 entries
  • अवमानना noun (refusal to obey)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • engedetlenkedés noun (refusal to obey)
  • engedetlenség noun (refusal to obey)

Irish

4 entries
  • aimhriar noun (refusal to obey)
  • anumhlaíocht noun (refusal to obey)
  • doriarthacht noun (refusal to obey)
  • easumhlaíocht noun (refusal to obey)

Italian

1 entries
  • disobbedienza noun (refusal to obey)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 不服従 noun (refusal to obey)

Korean

1 entries
  • 불복종 noun (refusal to obey)

Latvian

1 entries
  • nepaklausība noun (refusal to obey)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • അനുസരണക്കേട് noun (refusal to obey)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • jeagohisvuohta noun (refusal to obey)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • ulydighet noun (refusal to obey)

Old English

1 entries
  • unhīersumnes noun (refusal to obey)

Old Swedish

1 entries
  • ōlyþna noun (refusal to obey)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • нєпослух noun (refusal to obey)

Polish

1 entries
  • nieposłuszeństwo noun (refusal to obey)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • desobediência noun (refusal to obey)

Russian

3 entries
  • неповинове́ние noun (refusal to obey)
  • неподчине́ние noun (refusal to obey)
  • непослуша́ние noun (refusal to obey)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • eas-ùmhlachd noun (refusal to obey)

Spanish

1 entries
  • desobediencia noun (refusal to obey)

Swedish

1 entries
  • olydnad noun (refusal to obey)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pagsuway noun (refusal to obey)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • непо́слух noun (refusal to obey)
  • непоко́ра noun (refusal to obey)
  • непокі́рність noun (refusal to obey)
  • неслухня́ність noun (refusal to obey)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • njeposłušnosć noun (refusal to obey)

Urdu

1 entries
  • نافَرْمان٘بَرْداری noun (refusal to obey)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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I was condemned for my disobedience.

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He couldn't suffer the slightest disobedience in his men.

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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

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Poor boy! If he had only known then the dreadful things that were to happen to him on account of his disobedience!

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