disobedience

[ dis-uh-bee-dee-uh ns ]

/ ˌdɪs əˈbi di əns /

lack of obedience or refusal to comply; disregard or transgression.

Origin of disobedience

1350–1400; Middle English < Old French desobedience, equivalent to des- dis-¹ + obedience obedience

Disobedience of the rules is a mainstay of nonviolent resistance.

Love Trumped Rules for Fired Methodist Rev. Frank Schaefer |Gene Robinson |December 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Or will it intimidate the country into greater obedience, fearful that disobedience will provoke a whirlwind?

After Beirut Bombing of Wissan al-Hassan, a Wary Calm in Lebanon |Jamie Dettmer |October 30, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
So I was brought up before a military tribunal for disobedience.

‘Soldaten: Secret WWII Transcripts of German POWs’ by Soenke Neitzel & Harald Welzer |Sönke Neitzel, Harald Welzer |September 24, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The security forces also attacked a local mosque, which they believed was encouraging the disobedience.

Libya's Muammar Gaddafi Tried to Execute Me |Fadel Lamen |March 1, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Only days later, however, they maimed her in retribution for her disobedience.

An Unspeakable Crime |Gayle Tzemach Lemmon |December 28, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
It commands with absolute lordship, but it can discipline for disobedience only by slow and formal judicial process.

Congressional Government |Woodrow Wilson
Mrs. Avery received one whipping, with a hair brush, for disobedience; this was given to her by the mistress.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1 |Work Projects Administration
The laity seized the opportunity to rise against the clerical order, and to excuse themselves for disobedience to the Church.

Freaks of Fanaticism |Sabine Baring-Gould
Jericho is taken, but at Ai defeat is experienced, on account of disobedience.

Training the Teacher |A. F. Schauffler
Then you must have made a false confession: you are at all events guilty of disobedience?

The Memoires of Casanova, Complete |Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

disobedience

/ (ˌdɪsəˈbiːdɪəns) /

lack of obedience