Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Refusal to obey.

    The teacher complained of the child's disobedience.

    Ungehorsam

    неповинове́ниеnepovinovénije, непослуша́ниеneposlušánije, неподчине́ниеnepodčinénije

    непоко́раnepokóra, непокі́рністьnepokírnistʹ, неслухня́ністьnesluxnjánistʹ

    the failure to obey

Examples

14 sentences
  1. I won't tolerate disobedience.

    ruЯ не потерплю неповиновения.

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  2. Disobedience won't be tolerated.

    ruМы не потерпим неповиновения.

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  3. I was condemned for my disobedience.

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  4. His disobedience was a conscious act.

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  5. Your willful disobedience is what got you here.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
refusal to obey:
Русский
By meaning 1
refusal to obey:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
refusal to obey:

Origin

From Middle English disobedience, dysobediaunce, from Old French desobedience. By surface

From Middle English disobedience, dysobediaunce, from Old French desobedience. By surface analysis, dis- + obedience. Displaced native Old English unhīersumnes.

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Forms

plural: disobediences
Singulardisobedience
Pluraldisobediences

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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