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单词 disobedience
释义

disobedience

noun

dis·​obe·​di·​ence ˌdis-ə-ˈbē-dē-ən(t)s How to pronounce disobedience (audio)
-ō-ˈbē-
: refusal or neglect to obey

Synonyms

  • balkiness
  • contrariness
  • contumacy
  • defiance
  • frowardness
  • insubordination
  • intractability
  • obstreperousness
  • rebellion
  • rebelliousness
  • recalcitrance
  • refractoriness
  • unruliness
  • waywardness
  • willfulness
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Example Sentences

The student's disobedience shocked the teacher. The dog was punished for its disobedience.
Recent Examples on the Web Disability awareness training usually attempts to teach officers to recognize some behaviors as products of disabilities, rather than disobedience or threats. Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 31 July 2022 Revere wasn’t court-martialed, but he was charged with disobedience and cowardice and kicked out of the militia. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022 The consequences for disobedience involve push ups. Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2022 But former detainees say they have been sent to the facilities on charges of disobedience or even because of minor disagreements at home. Lynzy Billing, ELLE, 7 June 2022 In fact, his impulse toward disobedience created something of a rut for him in the chaotic mid-Nineties under Boris Yeltsin: when everything is permitted, there is nothing to transgress. Jennifer Wilson, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 Universities have very little tolerance for any act of disobedience. New York Times, 24 May 2022 At the dinner table, after her mother asks her to close her mouth while chewing, Rocío sneers toward her and begins masticating with her mouth wide open, a teen-age-like act of disobedience that feels more silly than rebellious. The New Yorker, 11 May 2022 The leniency shown toward maskless officers who are clearly guilty not only leaves their disobedience unpunished but also effectively condones it, Gude said. Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

disobedience

noun

dis·​obe·​di·​ence ˌdis-ə-ˈbē-dē-əns How to pronounce disobedience (audio)
: an act of failing or refusing to behave as told or taught The dog was punished for disobedience.

disobedience

noun

as in rebellion
refusal to obey they gave up on training the dog to fetch because of his constant disobedience

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • rebellion
  • defiance
  • rebelliousness
  • willfulness
  • insubordination
  • disrespect
  • contumacy
  • waywardness
  • unruliness
  • recalcitrance
  • contrariness
  • rudeness
  • intractability
  • refractoriness
  • frowardness
  • noncooperation
  • balkiness
  • obstreperousness
  • stubbornness
  • civil disobedience
  • inconsiderateness
  • obstinacy
  • insolence
  • perversity
  • impoliteness
  • inconsideration
  • ungraciousness
  • obduracy
  • peevishness
  • pigheadedness
  • impudence
  • self-will
  • pertinacity
  • naughtiness
  • tenacity
  • mischievousness
  • obdurateness
  • doggedness
  • impertinence
  • hardheadedness
  • discourteousness
  • mulishness
  • tenaciousness
  • obstinateness
  • knavery
  • pertinaciousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • obedience
  • subordination
  • submission
  • compliance
  • tractability
  • subservience
  • submissiveness
  • amenability
  • amiability
  • subserviency
  • agreeability
  • slavishness
  • subordinateness
  • tractableness
  • deference
  • docility
  • dutifulness
  • trainability
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