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- verb Present participle of
disobey .
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Examples
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Anyone disobeying is dealt with harshly since his authority rests on his threat of violence.
A Theory of Government, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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He received six months 'imprisonment for contempt of court in disobeying the injunctions, while he was bankrupted by countless damage suits.
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Or do you call disobeying my orders no provocation?
Three Weeks in the Downs, or Conjugal Fidelity Rewarded: exemplified in the Narrative of Helen and Edmund Anonymous 1829
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You also know when you’re being asked not to do something, and delight in disobeying us with a cheeky grin.
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Lester paused, not liking the notion of disobeying Josh but realizing he had no choice but to do just that.
Fateful Journeys Gary E. Parker 2005
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Lester paused, not liking the notion of disobeying Josh but realizing he had no choice but to do just that.
Fateful Journeys Gary E. Parker 2005
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In my life, young though you think it is, I've never once entertained the idea of disobeying my commanders, my queen, or the Mother Confessor. '
Stone of Tears Goodkind, Terry 1995
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George was at first quite shocked at the idea of disobeying his father, but he at last suffered himself to be persuaded by the artful entreaties of his cousin, to do what he knew to be wrong.
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But it's not "disobeying" if any one of their interpretations or justifications are correct.
Pleased To Meet You 2006
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But when I talk like that to them, it's kind of disobeying them.
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