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Origin
- Old Frenchdesobedience
- Middle Englishdisobedience
- Englishdisobedience
From Middle English disobedience, dysobediaunce, from Old French desobedience. By surface analysis, dis- + obedience. Displaced native Old English unhīersumnes.
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Ancient Greek παρακοή, ἀπείθεια
- παρακοή (parakoḗ)refusal to obey
- ἀπείθεια (apeítheia)refusal to obey
Arabic عِصْيَان
- عِصْيَان (ʕiṣyān)refusal to obey
Bulgarian непослушание, неподчинение
- непослушание (neposlušanie)refusal to obey
- неподчинение (nepodčinenie)refusal to obey
Catalan desobediència
- desobediènciarefusal to obey
Chinese Mandarin 不服從 /不服从
- 不服從 /不服从 (bùfúcóng)refusal to obey
Czech neposlušnost, vzdor
- neposlušnostrefusal to obey
- vzdorrefusal to obey
Danish ulydighed
- ulydighedrefusal to obey
Dutch ongehoorzaamheid
- ongehoorzaamheidrefusal to obey
Esperanto malobeemo
- malobeemorefusal to obey
Finnish tottelemattomuus
- tottelemattomuusrefusal to obey
French désobéissance
- désobéissancerefusal to obey
German Ungehorsam
- Ungehorsamrefusal to obey
Greek ανυπακοή
- ανυπακοή (anypakoḯ)refusal to obey
Hebrew אי־ציות
- אי־ציות (y-tziut)refusal to obey
Hindi अवमानना
- अवमानना (avmānnā)refusal to obey
Hungarian engedetlenség, engedetlenkedés
- engedetlenségrefusal to obey
- engedetlenkedésrefusal to obey
Irish aimhriar, anumhlaíocht
- aimhriarrefusal to obey
- anumhlaíochtrefusal to obey
- doriarthachtrefusal to obey
- easumhlaíochtrefusal to obey
- míréirrefusal to obey
Italian disobbedienza
- disobbedienzarefusal to obey
Japanese 不服従
- 不服従 (fufukujū)refusal to obey
Korean 불복종
- 불복종 (bulbokjong)refusal to obey
Latvian nepaklausība
- nepaklausībarefusal to obey
Norwegian ulydighet
- ulydighetrefusal to obey
Polish nieposłuszeństwo
- nieposłuszeństworefusal to obey
Portuguese desobediência
- desobediênciarefusal to obey
Russian неповинове́ние, непослуша́ние
- неповинове́ние (nepovinovénije)refusal to obey
- непослуша́ние (neposlušánije)refusal to obey
- неподчине́ние (nepodčinénije)refusal to obey
Scottish Gaelic eas-ùmhlachd
- eas-ùmhlachdrefusal to obey
Spanish desobediencia
- desobedienciarefusal to obey
Swedish olydnad
- olydnadrefusal to obey
Tagalog pagsuway
- pagsuwayrefusal to obey
Ukrainian непоко́ра, непокі́рність
- непоко́ра (nepokóra)refusal to obey
- непокі́рність (nepokírnistʹ)refusal to obey
- неслухня́ність (nesluxnjánistʹ)refusal to obey
- непо́слух (nepóslux)refusal to obey
Urdu نافَرْمان٘بَرْداری
- نافَرْمان٘بَرْداری (nāfarmāṉbardārī)refusal to obey
Cite this entry
APA
disobedience. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disobedience
MLA
“disobedience.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disobedience. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disobedience,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disobedience.
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