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

Example sentences :

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

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