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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 '' .

2
[ adjective ] unwilling to submit to authority

Synonyms

unruly

Examples

"unruly teenagers"

Related terms

insubordinate

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