Synonyms for civil disobedience
civ·il dis·obe·di·ence

Princeton's WordNet

1. civil disobediencenoun

   a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination)

   "Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience"

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1. • Direct Action

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1. Alex Chow:

   We will sit outside the injunction area. We will stay true to the spirit of civil disobedience -- remain peaceful and bear the legal consequences of our action.

2. Kevin McCall:

   We just finished performing as we call civil disobedience for justice. Sometimes you need to do things that turn up the temperature for justice, you have to do extreme things … to get justice.

3. The White House:

   Right now, he's running away from the consequences of his actions. if he felt his actions were consistent with civil disobedience, then he should do what those who have taken issue with their own government do: Challenge it, speak out, engage in a constructive act of protest, and -- importantly -- accept the consequences of his actions.

4. Ilya Shapiro:

   I don't know if its best thought of as free speech, i think it might be thought of better as what do we take to be acts of civil disobedience.

5. Corey Menafee:

   The University could be termed as civil disobedience, but there’s always better ways of doing things like The University than just destroying things. The University was n’t The University, and I had no right to do The University.