Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.
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The state of being bad.
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The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
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Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.
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The quality or state of being naughty; perverseness; badness; wickedness.
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The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.
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The quality of being intractable; intractableness.
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Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed…
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Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed…
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Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate,…
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Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate,…
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Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.
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The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.
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The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.
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