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disobedience

/dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪəns/ noun

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noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about disobedience at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The failure to obey.
  2. The trait of being unwilling to obey.

Origin

From Middle English disobedience, dysobediaunce, from Old French desobedience. By surface analysis, dis- + obedience. Displaced native Old English unhīersumnes.

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