disobedience
nounUK /dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪəns/
Etymology From Middle English disobedience, dysobediaunce, from Old French desobedience. By surface analysis, dis- + obedience. Displaced native Old English unhīersumnes.
1
Refusal to obey.
- The teacher complained of the child's disobedience.
- Antonyms
- obedience
- Derived terms
- civil disobedience, intelligent disobedience
- Related terms
- disobedient