disobeying
Ignoring given orders
Disobeying is failing or refusing to follow a command, rule, or authority.
The word implies awareness of what's expected and a choice—deliberate or impulsive—to act otherwise: The dog kept disobeying.
She was fired for disobeying a direct order.
Children disobey parents, soldiers disobey officers, citizens disobey laws.
Open resistance to authority
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
- contumacyObstinate resistance to authority
- rebelliousnessTendency toward defiant resistance
noncompliance · refusal · resistance · obstinacy · stubbornness · willfulness · unruliness · intransigence
Unethical or illegal action
- malfeasanceUnlawful act by officeholder
- misbehaviorImproper or unruly conduct
- delinquencyCriminal or neglectful behavior
- improprietyUnsuitable or inappropriate behavior
dereliction · insubordination · indiscipline · unruliness · acting out · mischief · truancy · rule-breaking
Breaking of agreement
- infringementViolation of rights
- contraventionAct violating a rule
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- violationBreaking of rules
flouting · disregard · neglect · nonobservance · infraction · breaking · overstepping · trespass
Organized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- seditionInciting revolt against government
insurgency · revolution · coup · overthrow · dissent · subversion · resistance · anarchy
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
- contumacyObstinate resistance to authority
rebelliousness · noncompliance · refusal · resistance · obstinacy · stubbornness · willfulness · unruliness · intransigence · contrariness
wrongdoing
Unethical or illegal action
- malfeasanceUnlawful act by officeholder
- misbehaviorImproper or unruly conduct
- delinquencyCriminal or neglectful behavior
impropriety · dereliction · insubordination · indiscipline · unruliness · acting out · mischief · truancy · rule-breaking
breach
Breaking of agreement
- infringementViolation of rights
- contraventionAct violating a rule
- transgressionViolation of law or code
violation · flouting · disregard · neglect · nonobservance · infraction · breaking · overstepping · trespass · circumvention
revolt
Organized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
sedition · insurgency · revolution · coup · overthrow · dissent · subversion · resistance · anarchy · guerrilla
- troublemakingtroublemaker, troublemaking, instigate, agitator, instigating
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Following directives given
complying · following · minding · heeding · submitting
disobeyingconforming
Meeting accepted standards
complying · following · going along · behaving · falling in line
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