disobedience
Example Sentences
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Afterwards, Gandhi presided over waves of civil disobedience protests, encouraging supporters of the Indian National Congress to manufacture contraband salt, boycott foreign goods, and face down phalanxes of lathi-wielding policemen.
From BBC
As the Manual for Courts-Martial puts it, disobedience is “at the peril of the subordinate.”
Now women show up frequently unveiled in malls, airports, restaurants and streets in a display of civil disobedience.
From Reuters
The Vatican has defrocked U.S. priest Frank Pavone for what it said were ‘blasphemous communications on social media’ and ‘persistent disobedience.’
From Los Angeles Times
“My day — during those crises and those marches, the civil disobedience — was defined for me as I got up.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
