disobedience
Refusing to comply
Disobedience is the act of refusing to obey rules, commands, or authority.
A child's disobedience might mean ignoring a parent's instructions; civil disobedience is the deliberate, nonviolent breaking of laws to protest injustice: Thoreau's essay on civil disobedience influenced Gandhi and King.
The word implies willful defiance rather than mere failure to comply.
Organized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
overthrow · sedition · subversion · guerrilla · insurgency · riot · unrest · anarchy
Openly resisting control
- refusalAct of declining
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- willfulnessIntentional resistance to direction
- stubbornnessRefusal to yield
contrariness · recalcitrance · insolence · disrespect · brazen · opposition · challenge · rejection
Public expression of disapproval
- activismDirect effort for reform
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
sit-in · picketing · nonviolent resistance · blockade · solidarity · occupy · underground · march
Revolt against authority
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- reprimandFormal expression of disapproval
- disciplinaryRelated to enforcing rules
- court-martialArmed forces judicial proceeding
demerit · rank · misconduct · chain of command · dereliction · AWOL · dishonorable · discharge
Improper or unruly conduct
- infractionMinor rule breach
- violationBreaking of rules
- wrongdoingUnethical or illegal action
- transgressionViolation of law or code
delinquency · offense · breach · rule-breaking · truancy · vandalism · cheating · acting out
Willful lack of attention
- violationBreaking of rules
- breachBreaking of agreement
- contraventionAct violating a rule
- floutingOpenly disobeying rules
neglect · failure · deviation · ignoring · oversight · omission · nonfeasance · regulatory
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
coup · overthrow · sedition · subversion · guerrilla · insurgency · riot · unrest · anarchy · radicalism
defiant
Openly resisting control
- refusalAct of declining
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- willfulnessIntentional resistance to direction
stubbornness · contrariness · recalcitrance · insolence · disrespect · brazen · opposition · challenge · rejection · dissent
protest
Public expression of disapproval
strike · sit-in · picketing · nonviolent resistance · blockade · solidarity · occupy · underground · march · demonstration
mutiny
Revolt against authority
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
- reprimandFormal expression of disapproval
- disciplinaryRelated to enforcing rules
court-martial · demerit · rank · misconduct · chain of command · dereliction · AWOL · dishonorable · discharge · breach of duty
misbehavior
Improper or unruly conduct
- infractionMinor rule breach
- violationBreaking of rules
- wrongdoingUnethical or illegal action
transgression · delinquency · offense · breach · rule-breaking · truancy · vandalism · cheating · acting out · detention
disregard
Willful lack of attention
- violationBreaking of rules
- breachBreaking of agreement
- contraventionAct violating a rule
flouting · neglect · failure · deviation · ignoring · oversight · omission · nonfeasance · regulatory · mandate
- defiancedefiance, insubordination, rebellion, defy, revolt
- unrulinessmisbehavior, misconduct, defiance, insubordination, indiscipline
- military offensesdesertion, insubordination, mutiny, AWOL, absence without leave
- sinoriginal sin, mortal sin, venial sin, deadly sins, seven deadly sins
- rebellious traitsdefiance, rebellion, stubbornness, willfulness, obstinacy
- acting outtantrums, tantrum, meltdowns, pouting, whining
disobedienceobedience
Compliance with authority
compliance · submission · conformity · adherence · observance
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Compliance with authority
compliance · submissiveness · docility · tractability · deference
disobediencecomplicity
Shared criminal involvement
collaboration · conformism · acquiescence · capitulation · going along
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey