disobedience

[dis-uh-bee-dee-uhns]

Origin

noun

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

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French desobedience, equivalent to des- dis-¹ + obedience obedience

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disobedience (ˌdɪsəˈbiːdɪəns)

—n
	lack of obedience

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disobedience

c.1400, from O.Fr. desobedience, from a V.L. word (replacing L. inobedientia) from L. dis- (see dis-) + obedientia (see obedience). The English word replaced earlier desobeissance in this sense.

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"No: until I want the protection of Massachusetts to be extended to me in some distant Southern port, where my liberty is endangered, or until I am bent solely on building up an estate at home by peaceful enterprise, I can afford to refuse allegiance to Massachusetts, and her right to my property and life. It costs me less in every sense to incur the penalty of disobedience to the State than it would to obey. I should feel as if I were worth less in that case."

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