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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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:
       disobedient, unruly]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

            This disobedient spirit in the colonies. --Burke.
      [1913 Webster]

            Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. --1 Kings
                                                  xiii. 26.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Not yielding.
      [1913 Webster]

            Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten
            life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the
            system disobedient to stimuli.        --E. Darwin.
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Thesaurus Results for disobedient:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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