insubordination

the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.

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Inspections, harsh penalties for misconduct, and consequences for insubordination were the norm.
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That kind of insubordination, he said, “would have extreme negative impacts on U.S. and NATO troops in the field.”
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Now one might explain away the insubordination as standard trash talk among stressed-out warriors.
McChrystal Must Go|James Hoge|June 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
From day one, the press will be searching for signs of acrimony or insubordination.
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After long watching with the glass, I have never seen anything akin to insubordination.
In the Open|Stanton Davis Kirkham
Among the first may be ranked, insubordination in children, and a great want of respect for age.
Diary in America, Series One|Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
In the meantime the spirit of insubordination seemed to increase.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
Insolence and insubordination out of doors; weakness and wickedness within.
Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1)|Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
That sign of insubordination brought the young sergeant to his feet once more in an instant.
Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants|H. Irving Hancock

1790, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + subordination. Perhaps on model of French insubordination (1788).