Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Refusal or failure to obey.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fact of being disobedient; lack of obedience; neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command, injunction, or prohibition; the omission of that which is commanded to be done, or the doing of that which is forbidden; disregard of duty prescribed by authority.
- noun Non-compliance, as with a natural law; failure to submit to a superior influence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Refusal to
obey .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the trait of being unwilling to obey
- noun the failure to obey
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Examples
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He insisted upon whopping Scaife for what he called disobedience and impudence.
The Hill A Romance of Friendship Horace Annesley Vachell 1908
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He insisted upon whopping Scaife for what he called disobedience and impudence.
The Hill A Romance of Friendship Horace Annesley Vachell 1908
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You don't remember getting Daniel Moran -- a prisoner serving a long sentence there -- seven days 'solitary on bread and water for what you called disobedience of orders and insolence?'
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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The word "disobedience" here is the Greek word απειθειας.
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Northcross says "... advocating civil disobedience is indefensible ..."
NASA Employees Can Now Invoke The Hansen Precedent - NASA Watch 2009
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I'm sure many of our posters will try to find words to defend Hansen, but advocating civil disobedience is indefensible, even if his climate conjectures prove to be correct. mike shupp
NASA Employees Can Now Invoke The Hansen Precedent - NASA Watch 2009
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Perhaps this particular act of civil disobedience is seen as a radical, terroristic harbinger of waves of violence to come, as rabid gun-toters react, badly, to the intended avalanche of regulations and taxes that Congress is working on.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » We Have Clearly Run Out of Real Law Enforcement Challenges 2009
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Civil disobedience is something else entirely, but even Thoreau would have stood in disbelief at what some of these people do.
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Writing on her Resistance Georgia blog, human rights lawyer and political activist Anna Dolidze explains why she believes a campaign of civil disobedience is necessary.
Global Voices in English » Georgia: Opposition protests enter fifth day 2009
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Northcross says "... advocating civil disobedience is indefensible ..."
NASA Employees Can Now Invoke The Hansen Precedent - NASA Watch 2009
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