disobedience
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French desobedience. Displaced native Old English unhīersumnes.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪəns/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
disobedience (countable and uncountable, plural disobediences)
- Refusal to obey.
- The teacher complained of the child's disobedience.
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refusal to obey
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