undutifulness
Neglect of responsibility
Undutifulness is the quality of failing to fulfill obligations or show proper respect, especially toward parents, superiors, or institutions that expect loyalty.
The word is old-fashioned and literary, appearing in historical texts about filial piety or religious devotion: The king could not forgive his son's undutifulness.
It implies not just neglect but a moral failing.
Defying workplace authority
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
- contumacyObstinate resistance to authority
- waywardnessStubborn resistance to guidance
indiscipline · unruliness · refractoriness · obstinacy · contrariness · misbehavior · intractability · perversity
Abandonment of duty
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- remissnessCulpable lack of care
- irresponsibilityFailure to meet obligations
- laxityLack of strictness
inattention · carelessness · heedlessness · unmindfulness · slackness · abandonment · disregard · oversight
Disagreement with authority
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- insurgenceRevolt against established authority
subversion · revolt · protest · contrarianism · iconoclasm · sedition · opposition · radicalism
Disregard for what's honored
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- insolenceBold, offensive disrespect
- impertinenceRude disregard for propriety
- disdainScornful disregard
impiety · discourtesy · rudeness · disregard · flippancy · cheekiness · backtalk · sauciness
insubordination
Defying workplace authority
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
- contumacyObstinate resistance to authority
waywardness · indiscipline · unruliness · refractoriness · obstinacy · contrariness · misbehavior · intractability · perversity · willfulness
dereliction
Abandonment of duty
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- remissnessCulpable lack of care
- irresponsibilityFailure to meet obligations
laxity · inattention · carelessness · heedlessness · unmindfulness · slackness · abandonment · disregard · oversight · forgetfulness
dissent
Disagreement with authority
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
insurgence · subversion · revolt · protest · contrarianism · iconoclasm · sedition · opposition · radicalism · activism
irreverence
Disregard for what's honored
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- insolenceBold, offensive disrespect
- impertinenceRude disregard for propriety
disdain · impiety · discourtesy · rudeness · disregard · flippancy · cheekiness · backtalk · sauciness · presumptuousness
undutifulnessdutifulness
Faithful adherence to obligations
duty · conscientiousness · compliance · obedience · responsibility
undutifulnessloyalty
Faithful commitment to another
faithfulness · fidelity · allegiance · devotion · fealty
undutifulnessfilial piety
Respect owed to parents
piety · respectfulness · deference · honor · virtue
dutiful, duties, indebted, dutifulness, duteous, undutiful, duteously