disobedience
noun
Origin of disobedience
Related Words for disobedience
revolution, violation, infraction, recalcitrance, unruliness, dereliction, insurgence, stubbornness, insubordination, rebellion, mutiny, strike, sabotage, riot, infringement, perversity, defiance, refractoriness, sedition, revoltExamples from the Web for disobedience
Contemporary Examples of disobedience
Disobedience of the rules is a mainstay of nonviolent resistance.
Or will it intimidate the country into greater obedience, fearful that disobedience will provoke a whirlwind?
So I was brought up before a military tribunal for disobedience.
‘Soldaten: Secret WWII Transcripts of German POWs’ by Soenke Neitzel & Harald WelzerSönke Neitzel, Harald Welzer
September 24, 2012
The security forces also attacked a local mosque, which they believed was encouraging the disobedience.
Only days later, however, they maimed her in retribution for her disobedience.
Historical Examples of disobedience
The most malign of all these dangers today is disregard and disobedience of law.
Evelyn had in some way managed to make her a party to her disobedience.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
My hardships, I felt, were by reason of my disobedience to God's will.
Biography of a SlaveCharles Thompson
Not a symptom of disobedience during the rest of the voyage.
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
Disobedience has never been a fault amongst us, and I am sure you will not be the one to inaugurate it.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood