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disobedience

dɪsəˈbiːdɪəns

noun

failure or refusal to obey rules or someone in authority.

disobedience to law is sometimes justified

insubordination,unruliness,waywardness,indiscipline,bad behaviour,misbehaviour,misconduct,delinquency,disruptiveness,troublemaking,rebellion,defiance,mutiny,revolt,recalcitrance,lack of cooperation,non-compliance,wilfulness,intractability,awkwardness,perversity,perverseness,contrariness,naughtiness,mischievousness,mischief,roguery,impishness,carryings-on,acting-up,contumacy,infraction

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defiance

dɪˈfʌɪəns

noun

open resistance; bold disobedience.

an act of defiance

resistance,opposition,confrontation,non-compliance,disobedience,insubordination,dissent,recalcitrance,subversion,subversiveness,rebelliousness,mutinousness,provocation,daring,boldness,temerity,audacity,bravado,aggression,contempt,disregard,scorn,insolence,truculence,contumacy

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