| disobedience | | |
| n. (act) | 1. disobedience, noncompliance | the failure to obey. |
| ~ insubordination, rebelliousness | an insubordinate act. |
| ~ contempt | a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body. |
| ~ contumacy | willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. disobedience | the trait of being unwilling to obey. |
| ~ intractability, intractableness | the trait of being hard to influence or control. |
| ~ mischievousness, naughtiness, badness | an attribute of mischievous children. |
| rebelliousness | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. defiance, rebelliousness | intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude. |
| ~ intractability, intractableness | the trait of being hard to influence or control. |
| ~ insubordination | defiance of authority. |
| ~ obstreperousness | noisy defiance. |
| n. (act) | 2. insubordination, rebelliousness | an insubordinate act. |
| ~ resistance | group action in opposition to those in power. |
| ~ contumacy | obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority. |
| ~ disobedience, noncompliance | the failure to obey. |
| rebellious | | |
| adj. | 1. rebellious | resisting control or authority.; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew" |
| ~ insubordinate | not submissive to authority.; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys" |
| adj. | 2. disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious | discontented as toward authority. |
| ~ discontent, discontented | showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing.; "saw many discontent faces in the room"; "was discontented with his position" |
| adj. | 3. rebellious | participating in organized resistance to a constituted government.; "the rebelling confederacy" |
| ~ disloyal | deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle.; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers" |
| rebel | | |
| n. (person) | 1. greyback, johnny, johnny reb, reb, rebel | `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ confederate soldier | a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. |
| n. (person) | 2. freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel | a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions). |
| ~ mutineer | someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers). |
| ~ crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer | a disputant who advocates reform. |
| ~ revolutionary, revolutionist, subversive, subverter | a radical supporter of political or social revolution. |
| ~ young turk | a member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule. |
| ~ nat turner, turner | United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831). |
| ~ denmark vesey, vesey | United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822). |
| ~ sir william wallace, wallace | Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305). |
| n. (person) | 3. maverick, rebel | someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action. |
| ~ recusant, nonconformist | someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct. |
| v. (social) | 4. arise, rebel, rise, rise up | take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance. |
| ~ dissent, protest, resist | express opposition through action or words.; "dissent to the laws of the country" |
| ~ revolt | make revolution.; "The people revolted when bread prices tripled again" |
| ~ mutiny | engage in a mutiny against an authority. |
| v. (social) | 5. rebel, renegade | break with established customs. |
| ~ dissent, protest, resist | express opposition through action or words.; "dissent to the laws of the country" |
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