disobedience
Refusal to obeyRefusal to obey.
» I won't tolerate disobedience.
Я не потерплю неповиновения.
Meaning
1 senses(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 sentencesI won't tolerate disobedience.
ruЯ не потерплю неповиновения.
Disobedience won't be tolerated.
ruМы не потерпим неповиновения.
I was condemned for my disobedience.
His disobedience was a conscious act.
Your willful disobedience is what got you here.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English disobedience, dysobediaunce, from Old French desobedience. By surfaceFrom 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| Singular | disobedience |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- the failure to obey:noncompliance
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable