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. Michael Petty:

   Through us Tamir will be heard from the grave, through peaceful protest, civil disobedience and legislation Tamir will be heard.

2. Mark Goldstone:

   Doug's dramatic act of aerial civil disobedience was a cry that our democracy is in peril unless ordinary citizens feel free to speak up and have their voices heard by their government.

3. 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.

4. Mariano Rajoy:

   There is no possible mediation between democratic law and disobedience and unlawfulness.

5. Francois Gemenne:

   We see strong reactions of fear and xenophobia but also strong reactions of solidarity, people turn to civil disobedience when they feel governments are failing.