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disobedience (n.)

"neglect or refusal to obey," c. 1400, from Old French desobedience, from Vulgar Latin *disobedientia (replacing Latin inobedientia) from Latin dis- (see dis-) + oboedientia "obedience," abstract noun from oboedientem (nominative oboediens), present participle of oboedire "to obey" (see obey). The English word replaced earlier desobeissance in this sense, and inobedience (c. 1200).

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Definitions of disobedience from WordNet

disobedience (n.)
the failure to obey;
Synonyms: noncompliance
disobedience (n.)
the trait of being unwilling to obey;
From wordnet.princeton.edu