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[ verb ] refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient

Examples

"He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired"

Used in print

(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)

This leads Irenaeus to the somewhat startling notion that Adam and Eve died on the same day that they disobeyed , namely , on a Friday , as a parallel to the death of Christ on Good_Friday ; he sees a parallel also to the Jewish day of preparation for the Sabbath .

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

Prompted by a guilty urge , he had disobeyed the order of a man he respected .

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