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disobedience en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪəns/ (UK)
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Etymology

From Middle English disobedience, dysobediaunce, from Old French desobedience. By surface analysis, dis- + obedience. Displaced native Old English unhīersumnes.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Refusal to obey.
    • The teacher complained of the child's disobedience.

Forms

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disobediences Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

obedience

Deriveds

intelligent disobedience · civil disobedience

Relateds

disobedient

Synonyms

contumacy · rebellion

Translations (61)

tl pagsuway (refusal to obey) · de Ungehorsam (refusal to obey) · ml അനുസരണക്കേട് (refusal to obey) · fi tottelemattomuus (refusal to obey) · ko 불복종 (refusal to obey) · eo malobeemo (refusal to obey) · ka დაუმორჩილებლობა (refusal to obey) · nl ongehoorzaamheid (refusal to obey) · lv nepaklausība (refusal to obey) · ka ურჩობა (refusal to obey) · cs vzdor (refusal to obey) · uk непокі́рність (refusal to obey) · rue нєпослух (refusal to obey) · ga míréir (refusal to obey) · cs neposlušnost (refusal to obey) · el ανυπακοή (refusal to obey) · be непаслухмя́насць (refusal to obey) · ru непослуша́ние (refusal to obey) · uk непоко́ра (refusal to obey) · gmq-osw ōlyþna (refusal to obey) · he אי־ציות (refusal to obey) · hsb njeposłušnosć (refusal to obey) · hu engedetlenkedés (refusal to obey) · ga aimhriar (refusal to obey) · fo ólýdni (refusal to obey) · pt desobediência (refusal to obey) · no ulydighet (refusal to obey) · ga anumhlaíocht (refusal to obey) · be непаслушэ́нства (refusal to obey) · ca desobediència (refusal to obey) · ga easumhlaíocht (refusal to obey) · es desobediencia (refusal to obey) · gd eas-ùmhlachd (refusal to obey) · bg непослушание (refusal to obey) · hu engedetlenség (refusal to obey) · sq mosbindje (refusal to obey) · da ulydighed (refusal to obey) · it disobbedienza (refusal to obey) · uk непо́слух (refusal to obey) · be непадпара́дкаванне (refusal to obey) · ru неподчине́ние (refusal to obey) · se jeagohisvuohta (refusal to obey) · ga doriarthacht (refusal to obey) · grc ἀπείθεια (refusal to obey) · ang unhīersumnes (refusal to obey) · rsk нєпослух (refusal to obey) · uk неслухня́ність (refusal to obey) · ru неповинове́ние (refusal to obey) · hy անհնազանդություն (refusal to obey) · fr désobéissance (refusal to obey) · grc παρακοή (refusal to obey) · ar عِصْيَان (refusal to obey) · pl nieposłuszeństwo (refusal to obey) · ur نافَرْمان٘بَرْداری (refusal to obey) · got 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (refusal to obey) · hi अवमानना (refusal to obey) · cmn 不服從 /不服从 (refusal to obey) · ja 不服従 (refusal to obey) · ceb paglapas (refusal to obey) · sv olydnad (refusal to obey) · bg неподчинение (refusal to obey)