disobey

verbattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ//
United States//ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ//
United States//ˌdɪs.oʊˈbeɪ//

To refuse or (intentionally) fail to adhere to (a rule) or to obey an order from (somebody).

verb

1
To refuse or (intentionally) fail to adhere to (a rule) or to obey an order from (somebody).
disobey the rules
disobey your parents
2
To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey.
Under an authoritarian regime, people have an obligation to disobey.
The powerful Bene Gesserit sisterhood for ninety generations has been manipulating bloodlines to produce the Kwisatz Haderach, a superbeing. On Caladan, Jessica, a member of the sisterhood and the bound concubine of Duke Leto Atreides, had been ordered to bear only daughters. Because of her love for the duke, she disobeyed and gave birth to a son: Paul, Paul Atreides.

Etymology

From Old French desobeir.

Forms

past tense: disobeyed
past participle: disobeyed
present participle: disobeying
third person singular: disobeys

dismissed · Not having been considered; treated as unimportant; rejected.Disney · A surname from Old French.Disneyland · The archetypical theme park, located in Anaheim, California.…

disobey · To refuse or (intentionally) fail to adhere to (a rule) or to obey an order from (somebody).

disorder · Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly…disorderly · Not in order; marked by disorder or disarray.dispatch · To send (a shipment) with promptness.

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