Meaning
disobedience
- refusal or failure to obey rules, authority, or commands
In a sentence
La disobbedienza alle regole dell'istituto comporta serie conseguenze disciplinari.
Disobedience to the school's rules carries serious disciplinary consequences.
I manifestanti hanno scelto la disobbedienza civile non violenta.
The protesters chose non-violent civil disobedience.
Un simile atto di disobbedienza non rimarrà impunito.
Such an act of disobedience will not go unpunished.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| disobbedienza | feminine · singular |
| disobbedienze | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Often combined with 'civile' to mean civil disobedience.