disobedience
/dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪəns/
disobedience noun: refusal to obey.
Noun
disobedience (countable and uncountable, plural disobediences)
- Refusal to obey.
- The teacher complained of the child's disobedience.
disobedience meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
disobedience in Hindi
- refusal to obey
- अवमानना avmānnā
disobedience in Tamil
- ஒழுங்கின்மை, கீழ்ப்படியாமை, குழப்பம், கொந்தளிப்பு, சீர்குலைவு, பணியாமை
disobedience in Marathi
- आज्ञाभंग, अवज्ञा
disobedience in Urdu
- refusal to obey
- نافَرْمان٘بَرْداری nāfarmāṉbardārī
More languagesFewer languages
- disobedience in Bengali
- অবাধ্যতা
- disobedience in Telugu
- తిరుగుబాటు tirugubāṭu
- disobedience in Malayalam
- അനുസരണക്കേട് anusaraṇakkēṭŭ
- disobedience in Kannada
- ಅವಿಧೇಯತೆ
- disobedience in Punjabi
- ਅਵੱਗਿਆ
- disobedience in Gujarati
- આજ્ઞાભંગ, અવજ્ઞા
- disobedience in Odia
- ଅବାଧ୍ଯତା
- disobedience in Nepali
- अवज्ञा
- disobedience in Tagalog
- pagsuway
- disobedience in Arabic
- عِصْيَان ʕiṣyān
Examples of disobedience in a sentence
- The new soldier did not clean his cabin and was scolded for dereliction and disobedience.
- I will not brook any disobedience.
- Also called electronic civil disobedience, hacktivism is geared to political ends.
Synonyms of disobedience
Antonyms
Forms of disobedience
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Origin of disobedience
From Middle English disobedience, dysobediaunce, from Old French desobedience. By surface analysis, dis- + obedience. Displaced native Old English unhīersumnes.
Words formed from disobedience
Questions about disobedience
- What does disobedience mean?
- Disobedience means refusal to obey.
- What is disobedience in Hindi?
- Disobedience in Hindi is अवमानना (avmānnā). See Disobedience meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is disobedience?
- Disobedience is a noun.
- How do you pronounce disobedience?
- Disobedience is pronounced /dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪəns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of disobedience?
- The plural of disobedience is disobediences.
Words near disobedience in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disobedience (page history and authors); disobedience (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disobedience (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disobedience (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); తిరుగుబాటు (Telugu) (page history and authors); disobedience (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disobedience (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disobedience (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disobedience (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disobedience (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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