disobedience
disobedience · disobediences
непокора, непослух, непокірність, неслухняність
неповиновение, неподчинение, непослушание
Ungehorsam
Refusal to obeyRefusal to obey.
/dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪəns/
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
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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 synonymsClose in meaning
- 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