disobedience

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French desobedience. Displaced native Old English unhīersumnes.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪəns/
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Noun

disobedience (countable and uncountable, plural disobediences)

  1. Refusal to obey.
    The teacher complained of the child's disobedience.

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