DISOBEDIENCE Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word disobedience. (close relations)
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| contumacy | nounn | |||||
noun • willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court • obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority | ||||||
| noncompliance | nounn | |||||
noun • the failure to obey | ||||||
| rebellion | nounn | |||||
noun • refusal to accept some authority or code or convention • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | ||||||
| defiance | nounn | |||||
noun • intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude • a hostile challenge • a defiant act | ||||||
| insubordination | nounn | |||||
noun • defiance of authority • an insubordinate act | ||||||
| insurgency | nounn | |||||
noun • an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict | ||||||
| insurrection | nounn | |||||
noun • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | ||||||
| mutiny | nounn | |||||
noun • open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers) verb • engage in a mutiny against an authority | ||||||
| obstinacy | nounn | |||||
noun • the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome • resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires | ||||||
| recalcitrance | nounn | |||||
noun • the trait of being unmanageable | ||||||
| recusancy | nounn | |||||
noun • refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England | ||||||
| refractoriness | nounn | |||||
noun • the trait of being unmanageable | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| revolt | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another verb • make revolution • fill with distaste • cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of | ||||||
