DISOBEDIENCE

disobedience, noncompliance

(noun) the failure to obey

disobedience

(noun) the trait of being unwilling to obey

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

disobedience (countable and uncountable, plural disobediences)

Refusal to obey.

Synonyms

• contumacy

• rebellion

Antonyms

• obedience

Source: Wiktionary


Dis`o*be"di*ence, n.

Definition: Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition. He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience. Tillotson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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