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Insubordination

The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.

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Contumacy 76% connected

Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.

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Disobedience 76% connected

Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.

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Noncompliance 76% connected

Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.

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Defiance 76% connected

The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat.

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Resistance 76% connected

The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.

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Subordination 94% connected

The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.

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Subordination 94% connected

The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.

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