DISOBEDIENCE Synonyms

There are 14 synonyms of the word disobedience. (exact relations)
There are 4 hypernyms of the word disobedience. (close relations)

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	contumacy				nounn
	noun • willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court • obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority
	noncompliance				nounn
	noun • the failure to obey
	rebellion				nounn
	noun • refusal to accept some authority or code or convention • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
	defiance				nounn
	noun • intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude • a hostile challenge • a defiant act
	insubordination				nounn
	noun • defiance of authority • an insubordinate act
	insurgency				nounn
	noun • an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
	insurrection				nounn
	noun • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
	mutiny				nounn
	noun • open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers) verb • engage in a mutiny against an authority
	obstinacy				nounn
	noun • the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome • resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
	recalcitrance				nounn
	noun • the trait of being unmanageable
	recusancy				nounn
	noun • refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England
	refractoriness				nounn
	noun • the trait of being unmanageable
	resistance				nounn
	noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion • a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms • the military action of resisting the enemy's advance • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease • the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force • the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current • group action in opposition to those in power
	revolt				verb, nounv, n
	noun • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another verb • make revolution • fill with distaste • cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of

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