Disobedience — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the failure to obey

the trait of being unwilling to obey

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈʌkhɑːɹɾᵻd/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsəʊbˈiːdiəns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsəʊbˈiːdiəns/

4 syllables Say it as /dˈʌkhɑːɹɾᵻd/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

noncompliance

Antonyms

obedience compliance

Word Forms

disobedient	adjective	not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
disobey	verb	refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
noncompliant	adjective	boldly resisting authority or an opposing force

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Ungehorsam

das Nichtgehorchen

🇫🇷French

désobéissance

le défaut d'obéir

🇪🇸Spanish

desobediencia

el incumplimiento de obedecer

🇮🇹Italian

disobbedienza

la mancata obbedienza

🇳🇱Dutch

ongehoorzaamheid

het onvermogen om te gehoorzamen

🇵🇹Portuguese

desobediência

a falha em obedecer

🇷🇺Russian

непослушание

неподчинение

India

🇮🇳Hindi

आज्ञा का उल्लंघन

आज्ञापालन में असफलता

🇧🇩Bengali

অবাধ্যতা

মানতে ব্যর্থতা

🇮🇳Tamil

கீழ்ப்படியாமை

கீழ்ப்படியத் தவறியது

🇮🇳Telugu

అవిధేయత

పాటించడంలో వైఫల్యం

🇮🇳Marathi

अवज्ञा

पालन करण्यात अपयश

🇮🇳Gujarati

આજ્ઞાભંગ

પાલન કરવામાં નિષ્ફળતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅವಿಧೇಯತೆ

ಪಾಲಿಸಲು ವಿಫಲತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അനുസരണക്കേട്

അനുസരിക്കാനുള്ള പരാജയം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਣਆਗਿਆਕਾਰੀ

ਪਾਲਣਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਸਫਲਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

نافرمانی

اطاعت کرنے میں ناکامی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不服从

🇯🇵Japanese

不服従

従わないこと

🇰🇷Korean

불순종

순종하지 않는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự bất tuân

sự không tuân theo

🇹🇭Thai

การไม่เชื่อฟัง

🇮🇩Indonesian

pembangkangan

kegagalan untuk mematuhi

🇵🇭Filipino

pagsuway

ang kabiguang sumunod

🇲🇾Malay

kemaksiatan

kegagalan untuk mematuhi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

العصيان

عدم الطاعة

🇮🇷Persian

نافرمانی

عدم اطاعت

🇹🇷Turkish

itaatsizlik

itaat etmemek

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְרִי

אי הציות

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