NOUN | act | disobedience, noncompliance | the failure to obey |
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attribute | disobedience | the trait of being unwilling to obey |
Sounds | dih.sahbiy'diyahns; dih.sowbiy'diyahns | |
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Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... |
Meaning | The failure to obey. | |
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Synonym | noncompliance | |
Narrower | contempt | A willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body |
contumacy | Willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order | |
Broader | insubordination, rebelliousness | An insubordinate act |
Opposite | conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance | Acting according to certain accepted standards |
obedience, obeisance | The act of obeying | |
Spanish | desobediencia, incumplimiento | |
Catalan | desobediència | |
Adjectives | disobedient | not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority |
Verbs | disobey | refuse to go along with |
Meaning | The trait of being unwilling to obey. | |
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Narrower | naughtiness, mischievousness, badness | An attribute of mischievous children |
Broader | intractability, intractableness | The trait of being hard to influence or control |
Opposite | obedience | The trait of being willing / willing to obey |
Spanish | desobediencia | |
Catalan | desobediència | |
Adjectives | disobedient | unwilling to submit / submit to authority |
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