disobeisance

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UK/dɪs.əˈbeɪ.zəns/

noun

disobedience

OriginFrench désobéissance →
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Meanings

noundisobeisance (countable and uncountable, plural disobeisances)

plural disobeisances

  1. countableobsoleteuncountabledisobedience

    Canceled owte of the masse boke, as heresye to God and disobeysaunce to the King.

    1548, Edmund Gest, A treatise againste the preuee masse […]

Origin

  1. Frenchdésobéissance
  2. Englishdisobeisance

French désobéissance.

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APA

disobeisance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disobeisance

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Chicago

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