noun
disobedience
dihs-uh-BEE-deerns
noun
1
The refusal or failure to follow instructions, rules, or authority.
"Civil disobedience has long been used as a form of peaceful protest."
How to Use Disobedience
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishNot doing what you're told, especially when it's expected that you should.
Common pairings
civil disobedience
act of disobedience
Word Forms
disobediences plural
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Etymology
From Old French desobedience, itself from dis- + obedience.