CIVIL CONTEMPT Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the phrase civil contempt. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| defiance | nounn | |||||
noun • intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude • a hostile challenge • a defiant act | ||||||
| disobedience | nounn | |||||
noun • the failure to obey • the trait of being unwilling to obey | ||||||
| disregard | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • lack of attention and due care • willful lack of care and attention verb • refuse to acknowledge • bar from attention or consideration • give little or no attention to | ||||||
| insubordination | nounn | |||||
noun • defiance of authority • an insubordinate act | ||||||
| noncompliance | nounn | |||||
noun • the failure to obey | ||||||
| resistance | nounn | |||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion • a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms • the military action of resisting the enemy's advance • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease • the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force • the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current • group action in opposition to those in power | ||||||
