disobedience
disobediences
Disobedience means not following rules or instructions given to you by an authority figure. The disobedience of the kids at summer camp might drive their counselor batty.
Ordinary disobedience includes things like your dog chasing your cat even after you tell her not to, or a party guest refusing to hand over a gift to the birthday boy despite being instructed to do it. Civil disobedience is a special type of defiance: it's refusing to follow the laws or demands of a governing power that you disagree with. During the Civil Rights Movement, protesters used civil disobedience (including sit-ins and boycotts) to protest segregation.
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the failure to obey
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synonyms:
noncompliance
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Antonyms:
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obedience, obeisance
the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
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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
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contumacy
willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court
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contempt of Congress
deliberate obstruction of the operation of the federal legislative branch
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contempt of court
disrespect for the rules of a court of law
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type of:
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insubordination, rebelliousness
an insubordinate act
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obedience, obeisance
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the trait of being unwilling to obey
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Antonyms:
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obedience
the trait of being willing to obey
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types:
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badness, mischievousness, naughtiness
an attribute of mischievous children
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prankishness, rascality, roguishness
the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
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type of:
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intractability, intractableness
the trait of being hard to influence or control
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obedience
Vocabulary lists containing disobedience
This list covers "Freedom" and "Why I Write."
Clayton Byrd dreams of playing the blues, just like his grandfather. When his grandfather dies, a distraught Clayton runs away from home in the hopes of joining a blues band.
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