Definitions for disobedience
ˌdɪs əˈbi di ənsdis·obe·di·ence

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disobedience, noncompliancenoun

   the failure to obey

2. disobediencenoun

   the trait of being unwilling to obey

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disobediencenoun

   Refusal to obey.

   the disobedient child

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Disobediencenoun

   Etymology: dis and obedience.

   1. Violation of lawful commands or prohibition; breach of duty due to superiours.

   Th’ offence is holy that she hath committed,
   And this deceit loses the name of craft,
   Of disobedience, or unduteous title. William Shakespeare, M. W. of Winds.

   Of man’s first disobedience, and the fruit
   Of that forbidden tree, sing heav’nly muse. John Milton.

   Murder, adultery, or disobedience to parents, have a general notion antecedently to laws. Edward Stillingfleet.

   This is not disobedience, but rebellion; ’tis disclaiming the sovereignty of Christ, and renouncing all allegiance to his authority. John Rogers, Sermon 4.

   2. Incompliance.

   If planetary orbs the sun obey,
   Why should the moon disown his sovereign sway;
   Why in a whirling eddy of her own
   Around the globe terrestrial should she run?
   This disobedience of the moon will prove
   The sun’s bright orb does not the planets move. Richard Blackmore.

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1. disobedience

   Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government (or any other authority). By some definitions, civil disobedience has to be nonviolent to be called "civil". Hence, civil disobedience is sometimes equated with peaceful protests or nonviolent resistance.Henry David Thoreau's essay Resistance to Civil Government, published posthumously as Civil Disobedience, popularized the term in the US, although the concept itself has been practiced longer before. It has inspired leaders such as Susan B. Anthony of the U.S. women's suffrage movement in the late 1800s, Saad Zaghloul in the 1910s culminating in Egyptian Revolution of 1919 against British Occupation, and Mahatma Gandhi in 1920s India in their protests for Indian independence against the British Empire. Martin Luther King Jr.'s and James Bevel's peaceful protests during the civil rights movement in the 1960s United States contained important aspects of civil disobedience. Although civil disobedience is rarely justifiable in court, King regarded civil disobedience to be a display and practice of reverence for law: "Any man who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community on the injustice of the law is at that moment expressing the very highest respect for the law."

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Disobediencenoun

   neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disobedience

   An infraction of the orders of a superior; punishable by a court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offence.

Matched Categories

1. • Insubordination
   • Intractability

How to pronounce disobedience?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say disobedience in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of disobedience in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of disobedience in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of disobedience in a Sentence

1. Robin Krawitz:

   The man put his life on the line and the life of his family on the line to do work that was illegal at the time, we can look back and say that our system was wrong. He was not wrong, he was practicing civil disobedience.

2. Saw Taw Nee:

   Mostly they involved in Civil Disobedience Movement and they dare not to stay any longer in their place and they are being sought for arrest, most are very young people.

3. The White House:

   Right now, he's running away from the consequences of his actions. if he felt his actions were consistent with civil disobedience, then he should do what those who have taken issue with their own government do: Challenge it, speak out, engage in a constructive act of protest, and -- importantly -- accept the consequences of his actions.

4. Kevin McCall:

   We just finished performing as we call civil disobedience for justice. Sometimes you need to do things that turn up the temperature for justice, you have to do extreme things … to get justice.

5. Lisa Monaco:

   If he felt his actions were consistent with civil disobedience, then he should do what those who have taken issue with their own government do: Challenge it, speak out, engage in a constructive act of protest, and -- importantly -- accept the consequences of his actions.

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