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The student's disobedience shocked the teacher.
The dog was punished for its disobedience.
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The disobedience that led to Braun’s removal from that gym might’ve been a trait that needed maturation, but the underlying swagger and cockiness are essential to what his current coach, Michael Malone, wants from him.
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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2024
Whistle-blowing, by contrast, is closer to deliberate disobedience on the battlefield.
—Michael Walzer, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
Popular on Variety In another dream, the Old Man Creator sees four mischievous coyotes, the embodiment of disobedience and defiance.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
The Faustian tale is always a diabolically theological one, an orthodox tale with doubt, risk, and disobedience at its center.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2024
Whistle-blowing, by contrast, is closer to deliberate disobedience on the battlefield.
—Michael Walzer, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
Popular on Variety In another dream, the Old Man Creator sees four mischievous coyotes, the embodiment of disobedience and defiance.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
The Faustian tale is always a diabolically theological one, an orthodox tale with doubt, risk, and disobedience at its center.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Disobedience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disobedience. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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disobedience
noun
dis·obe·di·ence
ˌdis-ə-ˈbēd-ē-ən(t)s 
: failure or refusal to obey
disobedient
adjective
-ənt
disobediently
adverb
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