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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disobedient \Dis`o*be"di*ent\, a. [Pref. dis- + obedient. See
{Disobey}, {Obedient}.]
1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is
commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not
observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; --
applied to persons and acts
This disobedient spirit in the colonies. --Burke.
Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. --1 Kings
xiii. 26.
2. Not yielding.
Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten
life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the
system disobedient to stimuli. --E. Darwin.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
disobedient
adj 1: not obeying or complying with commands of those in
authority; "disobedient children" [ant: {obedient}]
2: unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers" [syn: {unruly}]
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