Synonyms for disobedience
ˌdɪs əˈbi di ənsdis·obe·di·ence

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1. disobediencenoun

   Synonyms:
   contumacy, rebellion

   Antonyms:
   obedience

2. disobediencenoun

   Refusal to obey.

   the disobedient child

   Synonyms:
   contumacy, rebellion

   Antonyms:
   obedience

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1. disobedience, noncompliancenoun

   the failure to obey

   Synonyms:
   noncompliance

   Antonyms:
   obedience, obeisance

2. disobediencenoun

   the trait of being unwilling to obey

   Synonyms:
   noncompliance

   Antonyms:
   obedience, obeisance

Matched Categories

1. • Insubordination
   • Intractability

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1. disobediencenoun

   Synonyms:
   infraction or violation of a command

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1. disobediencenoun

   Synonyms:
   contumacy, dereliction, undutifulness, defiance, insubmission, noncompliance, indocility, insubordination

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1. List of paraphrases for "disobedience":

   insubordination, mutiny, insurgency, rebellion, insurrection, defiance, sedition

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1. 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.

2. Governor Huckabee:

   That does mean civil disobedience, it means we are obedient to a power that is not only higher than the current government, but a power that was the basis of our government.

3. Thomas Chandler Haliburton:

   Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

4. Mahathma Gandhi:

   Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty, when the state becomes lawless or corrupt

5. Lisa Monaco:

   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.