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disobedience
What does disobedience mean?
disobedience (noun): the failure to obey.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use disobedience in a sentence?
- Disobedience won't be tolerated. (Tatoeba sentence #8582582 by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce disobedience?
/ˌdɪsəˈbidiəns/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does disobedience come from?
From Middle English disobedience, dysobediaunce, from Old French desobedience.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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