Disobey
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
disobey
v 1: refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient;
"He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" [ant: {obey}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disobey \Dis`o*bey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disobeyed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Disobeying}.] [F. d['e]sob['e]ir; pref. d['e]s- (L.
dis-) + ob['e]ir. See {Obey}, and cf. {Disobedient}.]
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, as an order; as, refractory
children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and
the laws.
[1913 Webster]
Not to disobey her lord's behest. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
from
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
DISOBEY, v.t. To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity
of a command.
His right to govern me is clear as day,
My duty manifest to disobey;
And if that fit observance e'er I shut
May I and duty be alike undone.
Israfel Brown
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "disobey":
break, break the law, care naught for, contravene, defy, disregard,
flout, go counter to, ignore, infringe, mutiny, not conform,
not heed, not keep, not listen, not mind, not observe, oppose,
overstep, rebel, refuse to cooperate, resist, revolt, scoff at,
set at defiance, set at naught, set naught by, strike, transgress,
violate
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