Disobedience
[dɪsə'biːdɪəns] or [,dɪsə'bidɪəns]
Definition
(noun.) the failure to obey.
(noun.) the trait of being unwilling to obey.
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Definition
(n.) Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Infraction or violation of a command.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude.
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Examples
- Thy father's son, answered Waldemar, who, in so doing, did but avenge on thee thy disobedience to thy father. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He strove to think that a judgment was on the boy for his disobedience. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The point I wish you not to mention is the fact of disobedience to my orders. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He left it contrary to my wish and command; and in the days of Alfred that would have been termed disobedience--ay, and a crime severely punishable. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This certainly was unkind, but Rosamond had thrown him back on evil expectation as to what she would do in the way of quiet steady disobedience. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Disobedience is certainly not the discovery of the nineteenth century. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- A threat on your part that you would disinherit him in case of disobedience would only be followed by resistance on his. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If disobedience is man's original virtue, as Oscar Wilde suggested, it was an extraordinarily virtuous century. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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