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nonobservance
[non-uhb-zur-vuhns] 
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breach
[breech]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violation of a law |
| Synonyms: | barratry, contravention, delinquency, dereliction, disobedience, disregard, infraction, infringement, neglect, noncompliance, nonobservance, offense, transgression, trespass, violation |
| Notes: | breach is an infraction, gap, or break; breech is the rear or lower portion of things |
| Antonyms: | upholding |
| Main Entry: | disobedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misbehavior; noncompliance with rules |
| Synonyms: | defiance, dereliction, disregard, indiscipline, infraction, infringement, insubmission, insubordination, insurgence, intractableness, mutiny, neglect, nonobservance, perversity, rebellion, recalcitrance, refractoriness, revolt, revolution, riot, sabotage, sedition, strike, stubbornness, transgression, unruliness, violation, waywardness |
| Antonyms: | behavior, obedience, observance, submission |
| Main Entry: | insubordination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience |
| Synonyms: | defiance, dereliction, disregard, dissension, indiscipline, infringement, insurrection, mutiny, noncompliance, noncooperation, nonobservance, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, sabotage |
| Main Entry: | violation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breach; breaking of the law |
| Synonyms: | abuse, break, breaking, contravention, encroachment, illegality, infraction, infringement, misbehavior, misdemeanor, negligence, nonobservance, offense, rupture, transgressing, transgression, trespass, trespassing, violating, wrong |
| Antonyms: | obedience, observance |
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| Main Entry: | disobedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
contumacious, disobedient, factious, froward, impatient of control, insubordinate, insurgent, iscariotic, lawless, mutinous, proditorious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, resisting, restiff, restive, riotous, seditious, sequacious, unbidden, uncompliant, uncomplying, ungovernable, unobeyed, unruly, unsubmissive, untoward
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