disobedience

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISOBEDIENCE, noun [dis and obedience.] 1. Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition; the omission of that which is commanded to be done, or the doing of that which is forbid; breach of duty prescribed by authority. By one mans disobedience many were made sinners. Romans 5:19. 2. Non-compliance. This disobedience of the moon.
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