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civil disobedience: a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination); "Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience"

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insubordination collapse: an insubordinate act; defiance of authority

intractability collapse: the trait of being hard to influence or control

lawbreaking collapse

lawlessness collapse: illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law

infraction collapse

indocility collapse

noncompliance collapse

transgression collapse: the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit; the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"; the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

infringement collapse

passive resistance collapse: peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate

mutiny collapse: open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers); engage in a mutiny against an authority

rebellion collapse: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another; refusal to accept some authority or code or convention; "each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body was in rebellion against fatigue"

violation collapse: an act that disregards an agreement or a right; "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment"

Bill of Rights collapse: a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)

natural right collapse

civil ceremony collapse

honeymoon collapse: a holiday taken by a newly married couple; the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political; spend a holiday after one's marriage; "they plan to honeymoon in Hawai'i"

nuptials collapse

banns collapse: a public announcement of a proposed marriage

elopement collapse: the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)

hymen collapse: a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin; (Greek mythology) the god of marriage

espousal collapse

turndown collapse

nonconformity collapse: failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior; unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values; a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs; lack of harmony or correspondence

neighbourly collapse

municipal collapse: of or relating to the government of a municipality; "international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law"- J.L.kuntz; relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality; "municipal government"; "municipal bonds"; "a municipal park"; "municipal transportation"

wedding collapse: the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed; a party of people at a wedding

polite collapse: showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.

nonreligious collapse

companionable collapse: suggestive of companionship; "a companionable pet"

clubby collapse

disinclination collapse: that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike; "his disinclination for modesty is well known"

holy war collapse

nonacceptance collapse: the act of refusing an offer; "the turndown was polite but very firm"

federalistic collapse

gubernatorial collapse: relating to a governor; "gubernatorial election"

federalist collapse: an advocate of federalism; a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government

matriarchal collapse: characteristic of a matriarchy

heteronomous collapse

fascist collapse: an adherent of fascism or other right-wing authoritarian views; relating to or characteristic of fascism; "fascist propaganda"

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