DISOBEDIENCE


Meaning of DISOBEDIENCE in English

/ ˌdɪsəˈbiːdiəns; NAmE / noun

[ U ] failure or refusal to obey

—see also civil disobedience

OPP obedience

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : from Old French desobedience , from an alteration of ecclesiastical Latin inoboedientia .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.