Meaning | The failure to obey. |
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Synonym | disobedience |
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Narrower | contempt | A willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body |
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contumacy | Willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order |
Broader | insubordination, rebelliousness | An insubordinate act |
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Opposite | conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance | Acting according to certain accepted standards |
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obedience, obeisance | The act of obeying |
Spanish | desobediencia, incumplimiento |
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Catalan | desobediència |
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Adjectives | noncompliant | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force |
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