- 1. a. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts. Source: opted
- 2. a. Not yielding. Source: opted
- 3. adj. not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. unwilling to submit to authority Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts. This disobedient spirit in the colonies. Burke. Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. 1 Kings xiii. 26. 2. Not yielding. Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli. E. Darwin. Source: webster
- 6. j:100 a. not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority s. unwilling to submit to authority Source: ecdict
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