nnoun.attributeintentionally contemptuous behavior or attitudeSynset:defiance
Derivationally Related Form:defiantrebellious
Hypernyms:intractability intractableness
Inherited Hypernyms:defianceintractabilitytraitattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:insubordinationobstreperousness
Full Hyponyms:insubordinationobstreperousness
nnoun.actan insubordinate actSynset:insubordination
Derivationally Related Form:rebellious
Hypernyms:resistance
Inherited Hypernyms:insubordinationresistancegroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:insubordinationresistancegroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:contumacydisobediencenoncompliance
Full Hyponyms:civil contemptcontemptcontempt of congresscontempt of courtcontumacycriminal contemptdisobedience