disobedience Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- refractoriness
- contrariness
- contumacy
- unruliness
- recalcitrance
- intractability
- waywardness
- insubordination
- disrespect
- rudeness
Weak:
- perversity
- frowardness
- civil-disobedience
- impudence
- obstreperousness
- stubbornness
- inconsiderateness
- pertinacity
- inconsideration
- obstinacy
- ungraciousness
- tenacity
- peevishness
- naughtiness
- balkiness
- doggedness
- pigheadedness
- insolence
- mischievousness
- obduracy
- noncooperation
- impoliteness
- impertinence
- self-will
Strongest:
- tractability
- submission
- tractability
- compliance
- obedience
- compliance
- submission
- subordination
- subordination
- obedience
Strong:
- amenability
- amiability
- slavishness
- tractableness
- subservience
- agreeability
- subordinateness
- submissiveness
- subserviency
- agreeability
- subserviency
- amiability
- tractableness
- amenability
- submissiveness
- subservience
- subordinateness
- slavishness
Weak:
disobedience Meaning
disobedience (n)
the failure to obey
the trait of being unwilling to obey
disobedience (n.)
Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.
disobedience Sentence Examples
- Disobedience towards authority figures can have severe consequences.
- The student's persistent disobedience resulted in their expulsion from school.
- The child's disobedience led to a serious accident, emphasizing the need for parental supervision.
- The employee's disobedience of a direct order from their supervisor resulted in their immediate dismissal.
- The government's disobedience of international law drew widespread criticism and sanctions.
- Acts of civil disobedience are often employed as a means of peaceful protest against unjust laws or policies.
- The soldier's disobedience of their commanding officer's order put the entire mission at risk.
- The teenager's disobedience of their curfew led to a tense confrontation with their parents.
- The patient's disobedience of the doctor's orders hindered their recovery and prolonged their illness.
- The nation's disobedience of the peace treaty led to renewed conflict and instability in the region.
FAQs About the word disobedience
the failure to obey, the trait of being unwilling to obeyNeglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.
rebellion, willfulness, defiance, rebelliousness, refractoriness, contrariness, contumacy, unruliness, recalcitrance, intractability
tractability, submission, tractability, compliance,obedience, compliance, submission, subordination, subordination, obedience
Disobedience towards authority figures can have severe consequences.
The student's persistent disobedience resulted in their expulsion from school.
The child's disobedience led to a serious accident, emphasizing the need for parental supervision.
The employee's disobedience of a direct order from their supervisor resulted in their immediate dismissal.
