| NOUN | act | civil disobedience | a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination) |
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| Meaning | A group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination). | |
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| Example | "Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience" | |
| Narrower | protest march | Occasion when you can express opposition by marching (usually on some government institution) without a license |
| sit-in | A form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse / refuse to move | |
| Broader | direct action | A protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |
| Spanish | desobediencia civil | |
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