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Definition of "disobey" []

  • To refuse or fail to follow an order or rule. (verb-intransitive)
  • To refuse or fail to obey (an order or rule). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "disobey" in a sentence
  • "I agree that humans have the freedom to accept or reject God but freedom to disobey is not the same as freedom to judge."
  • "Christ, and that to disobey is to be far from Him."
  • "So it is simply obey/disobey which is different from making a moral judgement."