DISOBEDIENCE


Meaning of DISOBEDIENCE in English

|dis+ noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French desobedience, from des- dis- (I) + obedience

: refusal to obey or negligence in obeying a command : violation or disregard of a rule or prohibition

the lads try to excel one another in mischief and disobedience — Willa Cather

that peculiar taint of barbarism which makes men prefer occasional disobedience to systematic liberty — H.T.Buckle

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