the refusal of citizens to obey certain laws or pay taxes as a peaceful way to express disapproval of those laws or taxes:
Disobedience
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Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command orprohibition.He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience.Tillotson.
Disobedience meaning & definition 1 of Disobedience.
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The contrary thoughts, words, or actions that [take place] after [instruction] is given [on what] to do, or what not to do.
Disobedience meaning & definition 2 of Disobedience.
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Failure or refusal to obey rules or someone in authority.
Disobedience meaning & definition 3 of Disobedience.
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Disobedience in Show Jumping. Incurs faults for a refusal, running out or resistance, a rectified deviation, circling, passing an obstacle or approaching it sideways.
Disobedience meaning & definition 4 of Disobedience.
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