Disobediency
Dis′o‐be″di‐en‐cy (?), n. Disobedience.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Dis′o‐be″di‐en‐cy (?), n. Disobedience.
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; refract...
Dis′o‐be″di‐ent‐ly, adv. In a disobedient manner.
Dis′o‐bei″sance (?), n. [F. désobéissance.] Disobedience. E. Hall.
Dis′o‐bei″sant (?), a. [F. désobéissant.] Disobedient. Chaucer.
Dis′o‐bey″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disobeyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disobeying.] [F. désobéir; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + obéir. See Obey, and cf. Disobedient.] Not to obey; to neglect...
Dis′o‐bey″, v. i. To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient.He durst not know how to disobey. Sir P. Sidney.
Dis′o‐bey″er (?), n. One who disobeys.
Dis‐ob′li‐ga″tion (?), n. 1. The act of disobliging.2. A disobliging act; an offense. Clarendon.3. Release from obligation. Jer. Taylor.
Dis‐ob″li‐ga‐to‐ry (?), a. Releasing from obligation. “Disobligatory power.” Charles I.
Dis′o‐blige″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disobliged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disobliging.] [Pref. dis- + oblige: cf. F. désobliger.] 1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires...
Dis′o‐blige″ment (?), n. Release from obligation.
Dis′o‐bli″ger (?), n. One who disobliges.
Dis′o‐bli″ging (?), a. 1. Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating; as, a disobliging person or act.2. Displeasing; offensive. Cov. of Tongue.— Dis′o‐bli″ging‐l...
Dis‐oc″ci‐dent (?), v. t. To turn away from the west; to throw out of reckoning as to longitude. Marvell.
Dis‐oc′cu‐pa″tion (?), n. The state of being unemployed; want of occupation.
Dis′o‐pin″ion (?), n. Want or difference of belief; disbelief. Bp. Reynolds.
Dis‐op″pi‐late (?), v. t. [L. dis- + oppilatus, p. p. of oppilare to shut up.] To open. Holland.
Dis‐orb″ (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + orb.] To throw out of the proper orbit; to unsphere. Shak.
Dis‐ord″ (?), n. Disorder. Holland.
Dis′or‐deined″ (?), a. [See Ordain.] Inordinate; irregular; vicious. Chaucer.
Dis‐or″der (?), n. [Pref. dis- + order: cf. F. désordre.] 1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into diso...
Dis‐or″der, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disordered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disordering.] 1. To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse.Disordering...
Dis‐or″dered (?), a. 1. Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment.2. Disorderly. Shak.— Dis‐or″dered‐ly, adv. — Dis‐or″dered‐ness, n.
Dis‐or″der‐li‐ness (?), n. The state of being disorderly.
Dis‐or″der‐ly (?), a. 1. Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.2. Not acting in an orderly way, as the ...
Dis‐or″der‐ly, adv. In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly; confusedly.Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly. 2 Thess. iii. 6.Savages...