disobedience

/,disə'bi:djəns/

Thân thiện

A young child shows disobedience by refusing to eat his vegetables.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The trait of being unwilling to obey: A characteristic or quality of a person who is not inclined to follow rules, commands, or authority.
   • The failure to obey: The act or instance of refusing or neglecting to comply with an order, rule, or law.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The child's constant disobedience frustrated his parents. (The child's persistent unwillingness to obey frustrated his parents.)
  • Disobedience of the court order could result in severe penalties. (The failure to obey the court order could result in severe penalties.)
  • Civil disobedience is a form of nonviolent protest. (A refusal to obey certain laws as a form of peaceful political protest.)

Advanced Usage

• "Civil disobedience": The deliberate, public refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands of a government, as a form of peaceful political protest.
  • The activists were arrested for their act of civil disobedience.
• "Willful disobedience": A deliberate and intentional refusal to obey.
  • The soldier was court-martialed for willful disobedience of a direct order.

Variants and Related Words

• Disobedient (adj): Refusing to obey rules or someone in authority.
  • The disobedient student was sent to the principal's office.
• Disobey (verb): To refuse or fail to obey rules, laws, or someone in authority.
  • He chose to disobey the instructions.

Synonyms

• Defiance: Open resistance; bold disobedience.
• Insubordination: Refusal to submit to authority, especially in a military or workplace context.
• Noncompliance: Failure or refusal to comply with a rule, law, or request.

Antonyms

• Obedience: Compliance with an order, request, or law; submission to another's authority.
• Submission: The action of accepting or yielding to a superior force or authority.

Related Phrases

• Act of disobedience: A specific instance of refusing to obey.
  • His lateness was seen as an act of disobedience.
• Spirit of disobedience: A general attitude or tendency to resist authority.
  • The new policies fostered a spirit of disobedience among the workers.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the trait of being unwilling to obey
2. the failure to obey

Từ đồng nghĩa

• noncompliance