noncompliance (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *noncompliance*:
NOUN	act	noncompliance, disobedience	the failure to obey

noncompliance > pronunciation
Sounds	naa.nkahmplay'ahns
Rhymes	abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns...

English > *noncompliance*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The failure to obey.
Synonym	disobedience
Narrower	contempt	A willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
Narrower	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
Opposite	obedience, obeisance	The act of obeying
Spanish	desobediencia, incumplimiento
Catalan	desobediència
Adjectives	noncompliant	boldly resisting authority or an opposing force

HyperDic: noncompliance