disobey

/ˌˈdɪsəˌbeɪ/

/dɪsəʊˈbeɪ/

Other forms: disobeyed; disobeying; disobeys

When you don't follow the rules — especially when they come from a teacher, parent, boss or other authority figure — you disobey.

A first-grader disobeys his teacher when he can't help running in the halls of the school, and a dog will disobey your shouted commands if you haven't trained her very well. When you obey someone's rules, you follow them strictly. The verb disobey combines the Latin obedire, "serve, pay attention to, or listen," with dis, which here means "not." The original Latin version of disobey, inobedire, used in rather than dis.

Definitions of disobey

1. verb

   refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
   “He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired”

   antonyms:

   obey

   be obedient to

   types:

   sit in

   participate in an act of civil disobedience

   counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken

   destroy property or hinder normal operations

   balk, baulk, jib, resist

   refuse to comply

   derail

   cause to run off the tracks

   type of:

   balk, decline, refuse

   show unwillingness towards