n. Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition. [ 1913 Webster ]
He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. inoboedientia : cf. F. inobedience. ] Disobedience. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Mistaken obedience; disobedience. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Neglect of obedience; failure to obey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. obédience, L. obedientia, oboedientia. See Obedient, and cf. Obeisance. ]
Government must compel the obedience of individuals. Ames. [ 1913 Webster ]
Canonical obedience.
Passive obedience.
n. Disobedience. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]