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disobedience

DEFINITIONS OF: disobedience

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n the failure to obey

Synonyms:
noncompliance
Antonyms:
obedience, obeisance
the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
abidance, compliance, conformation, conformity
acting according to certain accepted standards
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contempt
a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
contumacy
willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court
contempt of Congress
deliberate obstruction of the operation of the federal legislative branch
contempt of court
disrespect for the rules of a court of law
Type of:
insubordination, rebelliousness
an insubordinate act

n the trait of being unwilling to obey

Antonyms:
obedience
the trait of being willing to obey
Types:
badness, mischievousness, naughtiness
an attribute of mischievous children
prankishness, rascality, roguishness
the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
Type of:
intractability, intractableness
the trait of being hard to influence or control
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