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Disobedient   /dˌɪsəbˈidiənt/  /dˌɪsoʊbˈidiənt/   Listen
adjective
Disobedient  adj.  
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." "Disobedient unto the word of the Lord."
2.
Not yielding. "Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli."






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"Disobedient" Quotes from Famous Books



... parents at the time of his departure. It was with difficulty that he found the place. It was now in the heart of the city. Upon inquiry he found, after much searching, that his father had removed his store and home to another part of the city, his mother had died of grief for her disobedient son. Robinson was sorely grieved at this. He had hoped to see her and tell her how sorry he was that he had caused her so much ...
— An American Robinson Crusoe - for American Boys and Girls • Samuel. B. Allison

... most shameful passions, as described at large by the apostle: Filled with all iniquity, fornication, covetousness, maliciousness, envy, murder, contention, deceit, whisperers, detracters, proud, haughty, disobedient, without fidelity, without affection, without mercy, &c.[7] Such were the generality of our pagan ancestors, and such should we ourselves have been, but for God's gracious and effectual call ...
— The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints - January, February, March • Alban Butler

... done; and it was of shedding blood, and of destroying the cities of Moab. For, saith he, "Cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from shedding of blood." As Saul, when he kept back the sword from shedding of blood at what time he was sent against Amaleck, was refused of God for being disobedient to God's commandment, in that he spared Agag the king. So that that place of the prophet was spoken of them that went to the destruction of the cities of Moab, among the which there was one called Nebo, which was much reproved for idolatry, superstition, ...
— Sermons on the Card and Other Discourses • Hugh Latimer

... emperor, though loving and generous toward his subjects, could yet brook no shadow of opposition; and when he discovered that his beloved sister Bertha had, without his consent, wedded the knight, Milon, he at once banished the disobedient pair from ...
— With Spurs of Gold - Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds • Frances Nimmo Greene

... along that lane I should have been lost forever! And she was angry most of all because I shook hands with Jack and wished him good-bye. I don't think nurse would run and meet a probable son if she had one; she thinks all ragged people are wicked. But I'm—I'm dreadful sorry I was disobedient. Do you think I have been ...
— Probable Sons • Amy Le Feuvre


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