INSUBORDINATIONS Synonyms

• the failure to obey

• the trait of being unwilling to obey

• (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority

• a difference of opinion

• the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

• withhold assent

• express opposition through action or words

• be of different opinions

• organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

• open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)

• engage in a mutiny against an authority

• 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

• the trait of being unmanageable

• 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

• organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

• make revolution

• fill with distaste

• cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of

• destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

• the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government

• intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude

• an insubordinate act