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disobedience

[ dis-uh-bee-dee-uhns ]

noun

  1. lack of obedience or refusal to comply; disregard or transgression.


disobedience

/ ËŒ»åɪ²õəˈ²ú¾±Ë»åɪə²Ô²õ /

noun

  1. lack of obedience
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of disobedience1

1350–1400; Middle English < Old French desobedience, equivalent to des- dis- 1 + obedience obedience
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He handcuffed himself to a federal building to bring attention to the plight of immigrants in detention, the first of about a dozen times he would be arrested for civil disobedience, Jimenez said.

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Youth Demand, which describes itself as a "new youth resistance campaign fighting for an end to genocide", began carrying out acts of civil disobedience last year.

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They decided a new, more focused operation was needed, modelled on earlier civil disobedience movements like the Suffragettes, Gandhi's civil disobedience campaigns and the civil rights movement in the US.

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What initially began as a civil disobedience campaign soon evolved into a widespread insurgency involving pro-democracy and ethnic rebel groups - which eventually sparked an all-out civil war.

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The outright disobedience of federal judges — and calls for impeachment from Trump and his supporters — have inspired rare public statements from Supreme Court justices past and present.

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