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[ adjective ] not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
Examples "disobedient children" Used in print (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)`` Eve was disobedient ; for she did not obey when as_yet she was a virgin . And even as she , having indeed a husband , Adam , but being nevertheless as_yet a virgin , having become disobedient , was made the cause of death , both to herself and to the entire human_race ; so also did Mary , having a man betrothed [ to her ] , and being nevertheless a virgin , by yielding obedience , become the cause of salvation , both to herself and the whole human_race '' . |
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[ adjective ] unwilling to submit to authority
Synonyms Examples "unruly teenagers" Related terms |
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