disobedience

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disobedience

/dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪəns/ UK

Where it comes from

From Middle English disobedience, dysobediaunce, from Old French desobedience. By surface analysis, dis- + obedience. Displaced native Old English unhīersumnes.

noun disobediences

countable, uncountable Refusal to obey. The teacher complained of the child's disobedience.
Similar: contumacy, rebellion

Opposite: obedience

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: noncompliance, defiance, violation, revolt, rebellion, mutiny, sedition, insurgency, insurrection, insubordination, breach, recalcitrance, resistance, lawlessness, disregard, delinquency

noun

Opposite: obedience

Translations

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noun refusal to obey

Español	desobediencia
한국어	불복종 bulbokjong
日本語	不服従 fufukujū
中文	不服從 /不服从 bùfúcóng
हिन्दी	अवमानना avmānnā
Português	desobediência
Français	désobéissance
Deutsch	Ungehorsam
Italiano	disobbedienza
Ελληνικά	ανυπακοή anypakoḯ
Русский	неповинове́ние nepovinovénije, непослуша́ние neposlušánije, неподчине́ние nepodčinénije
العربية	عِصْيَان ʕiṣyān
עברית	אי־ציות y-tziut

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"disobedience." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/disobedience. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"disobedience." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/disobedience.

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@misc{disobedience_2026,
  title = {disobedience},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disobedience},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}