insubordination
noun
the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance.
insubordinations
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pluralof insubordination.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She saw peeping and smiling at the edge of the door a neighbor's face, that encouraged her insubordinations.
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
I shall report the whole of your insubordinations in a properly written-out despatch.
From In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" by George Manville Fenn
Many of the foreign officers spoke little, if any, English, and mutual jealousies and insubordinations soon manifested themselves in the little band.
From History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time by Maturin Murray Ballou
