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Antonyms for disobedience
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : dis-uh-bee-dee-uh ns |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs əˈbi di əns |
Definition of disobedience
Origin :- c.1400, from Old French desobedience, from Vulgar Latin *disobedientia (replacing Latin inobedientia) from Latin dis- (see dis-) + obedientia (see obedience). The English word replaced earlier desobeissance in this sense, and inobedience (c.1200).
- noun misbehavior; noncompliance with rules
- The most malign of all these dangers today is disregard and disobedience of law.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Evelyn had in some way managed to make her a party to her disobedience.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- My hardships, I felt, were by reason of my disobedience to God's will.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- Not a symptom of disobedience during the rest of the voyage.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Disobedience has never been a fault amongst us, and I am sure you will not be the one to inaugurate it.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- Ay, and the police ought to interfere in case of disobedience.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- By gross disobedience she has brought herself to where you see her.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- See the pass to which your disobedience of my commands has brought you.
- Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
- She has plenty of friends to stand by her, it seems, in her disobedience to my wishes.
- Extract from : « A Bride of the Plains » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
- He breathed no threatenings of revenge for disobedience, of forgiveness for the penitent.
- Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
Synonyms for disobedience
- defiance
- dereliction
- disregard
- indiscipline
- infraction
- infringement
- insubmission
- insubordination
- insurgence
- intractableness
- mutiny
- neglect
- nonobservance
- perversity
- rebellion
- recalcitrance
- refractoriness
- revolt
- revolution
- riot
- sabotage
- sedition
- strike
- stubbornness
- transgression
- unruliness
- violation
- waywardness
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