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Disobedience
(Dis`o*be"di*ence) n. Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.
He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience.
Tillotson. Disobediency
(Dis`o*be"di*en*cy) n. Disobedience.
Disobedient
(Dis`o*be"di*ent) a. [Pref. dis- + obedient. See Disobey, Obedient.]
1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not
observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; — applied to persons and acts.
This disobedient spirit in the colonies.
Burke.
Disobedient unto the word of the Lord.
1 Kings xiii. 26. 2. Not yielding.
Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system
disobedient to stimuli.
E. Darwin. Disobediently
(Dis`o*be"di*ent*ly), adv. In a disobedient manner.
Disobeisance
(Dis`o*bei"sance) n. [F. désobéissance.] Disobedience. [Obs.] E. Hall.
Disobeisant
(Dis`o*bei"sant) a. [F. désobéissant.] Disobedient. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Disobey
(Dis`o*bey") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disobeyed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disobeying.] [F. désobéir; pref.
dés- (L. dis-) + obéir. See Obey, and cf. Disobedient.] Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a
superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate,
as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws.
Not to disobey her lord's behest.
Tennyson. Disobey
(Dis`o*bey"), v. i. To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient.
He durst not know how to disobey.
Sir P. Sidney. Disobeyer
(Dis`o*bey"er) n. One who disobeys.
Disobligation
(Dis*ob`li*ga"tion) n.
1. The act of disobliging.
2. A disobliging act; an offense. [Obs.] Clarendon.
3. Release from obligation. Jer. Taylor.
Disobligatory
(Dis*ob"li*ga*to*ry) a. Releasing from obligation. "Disobligatory power." Charles I.
Disoblige
(Dis`o*blige") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disobliged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disobliging.] [Pref. dis- +
oblige: cf. F. désobliger.]
