disobedience
Example Sentences
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You would more honestly call nonalignment a refusal to comply with human instruction, or disobedience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Still, it’s possible — with effort — to register the film’s themes about duty, inheritance, courage and righteous disobedience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
"It is not - as claimed - a direct action civil disobedience protest group like the suffragettes, operating transparently in the open," she added.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
But Thoreau’s show of civil disobedience has resounded down the ages, creating a political legacy claimed by liberals and conservatives, libertarians and Marxists External link.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
“Is it simply the pleasure of disobedience? The thrill of rebellion?”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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