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- [dis-uh-bee-dee-uh ns]
- /ˌdɪs əˈbi di əns/
- /ˌdɪs.əˈbiː.di.ənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dis-uh-bee-dee-uh ns]
- /ˌdɪs əˈbi di əns/
Definitions of disobedience word
- noun disobedience lack of obedience or refusal to comply; disregard or transgression. 1
- noun disobedience Failure or refusal to obey rules or someone in authority. 1
- noun disobedience refusing to obey 1
- uncountable noun disobedience Disobedience is deliberately not doing what someone tells you to do, or what a rule or law says that you should do. 0
- noun disobedience lack of obedience 0
- noun disobedience refusal to obey; failure to follow rules, commands, etc.; insubordination 0
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Origin of disobedience
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Old French desobedience, equivalent to des- dis-1 + obedience obedience
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Parts of speech for Disobedience
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disobedience popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
disobedience usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for disobedience
noun disobedience
- revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- violation — the act of violating.
- infraction — breach; violation; infringement: an infraction of the rules.
- recalcitrance — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- unruliness — not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless: an unruly class; an unruly wilderness.
Antonyms for disobedience
noun disobedience
- submission — an act or instance of submitting.
- obedience — the state or quality of being obedient.
- calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- behavior — People's or animals' behavior is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behavior.
- observance — an act or instance of following, obeying, or conforming to: the observance of traffic laws.
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