disobedience
noun /ˌdɪsəˈbiːdiəns/
/ˌdɪsəˈbiːdiəns/
[uncountable]- the act of failing or refusing to obey
- His behaviour was seen as another act of disobedience.
- disobedience to somebody/something their disobedience to the king
- their disobedience to authority
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- civil
- wilful/willful
- punish (somebody for)
- practise/practice
- advocate
- …
- disobedience to
- an act of disobedience
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French desobedience, from an alteration of ecclesiastical Latin inoboedientia.