disobedience
51civil disobedience — ► NOUN ▪ the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes, as a political protest …
52civil disobedience — n. nonviolent opposition to a government policy or law by refusing to comply with it, on the grounds of conscience: see also NONCOOPERATION, PASSIVE RESISTANCE …
53civil disobedience — noun Date: 1866 refusal to obey governmental demands or commands especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing concessions from the government …
54civil disobedience — The deliberate act of law breaking either because of disapproval of a particular statute or to direct attention to the overall injustice suffered by particular individuals or groups. Such law breaking is designed to promote justice. It has a… …
55civil disobedience — civil diso bedience n [U] when people, especially a large group of people, refuse to obey a law in order to protest in a peaceful way against the government …
56American Apostle of Nonviolent Disobedience — Martin Luther King, Jr …
57civil disobedience — refusal to obey laws for personal or moral reasons, non violent protest …
58conscientious disobedience — noncompliance on moral or religious grounds …
59civil disobedience — noun the refusal to comply with certain laws as a political protest …
60civil disobedience — noun (U) action that breaks the law usually taken by a large number of people to protest against something done by the government …