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Disobedience definition: lack of obedience or refusal to comply; disregard or transgression.. See examples of DISOBEDIENCE used in a sentence.
Jan 4, 2007 · Civil disobedience, given its place at the boundary of fidelity to law, is said on this view to fall between legal protest, on the one hand, and conscientious refusal, uncivil disobedience, militant protest, organized forcible resistance, and revolutionary action, on the other hand.
DISOBEDIENCE meaning: refusal or failure to obey rules, laws, etc. a lack of obedience.
noun. /ˌdɪsəˈbiːdiəns/ [uncountable] the act of failing or refusing to obey. His behaviour was seen as another act of disobedience. disobedience to somebody/something their disobedience to the king. their disobedience to authority. see also civil disobedience opposite obedience. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
From the Boston Tea Party in 1773 to the First Continental Congress, from the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the ratification of the US Constitution in 1788, the Founding Fathers engaged in acts of political, military, and philosophical disobedience to break from British rule and create an entirely new kind of government.
Disobedience means not following rules or instructions given to you by an authority figure. The disobedience of the kids at summer camp might drive their counselor batty.
Jan 4, 2007 · On the most widely accepted account of civil disobedience, famously defended by John Rawls (1971), civil disobedience is a public, non-violent and conscientious breach of law undertaken with the aim of bringing about a change in laws or government policies.
