Disobedience
(noun)
- The state or quality of not obeying; refusal or failure to obey.
- A refusal to comply with an order or rule.
Origin:
From the middle english disobediencie, from the old french desobeissance, from the latin disobedientia, from dis- + obedientia obedience.
Examples:
- His disobedience of the court order resulted in a fine.
- The punishment for disobedience in the military is strict.
- Her disobedience to her parents caused them to ground her.
- The dog's disobedience of the command caused frustration to its trainer.
- The workers' disobedience of the safety rules led to an accident.