Disobey

Definition: Disobey

Disobey

Verb

1. Refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his superviser and was fired".

Date "disobey" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Satire	DISOBEY, v.t. To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command. His right to govern me is clear as day, My duty manifest to disobey; And if that fit observance e'er I shut May I and duty be alike undone. Israfel Brown. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Antonym: obey (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Defiance	Verb: defy, dare, beard; brave; (courage); bid defiance to; set at defiance, set at naught; hurl defiance at; dance the war dance, beat the war drums; snap the fingers at, laugh to scorn; disobey.
Disobedience	Verb: disobey, violate, infringe; shirk; set at defiance; (defy); set authority at naught, run riot, fly in the face of; take the law into one's own hands; kick over the traces.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Disobey

English words defined with "disobey": Disobeyed, Disobeying. (references)

Specialty definitions using "disobey": Disobey ♦ provocation and incitement to violate military duties. (references)

Etymologies containing "disobey": Disobedient. (references)

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

That I'm trying to disobey my mother? (Space Jam; writing credit: Leonardo Benvenuti; Steve Rudnick)

How dare you disobey me. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Legend into History and Did Custer Disobey Orders at the Battle of the Little Big Horn? (The Custer Library) (reference) The Obligation to Disobey (reference) To Obey Or To Disobey And Other Tales Of Whistle Blowing At Work [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Live at Disobey [IMPORT] [LIVE] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	And to let us see, that even absolute power, where it is necessary, is not arbitrary by being absolute, but is still limited by that reason, and confined to those ends, which required it in some cases to be absolute, we need look no farther than the common practice of martial discipline: for the preservation of the army, and in it of the whole common-wealth, requires an absolute obedience to the command of every superior officer, and it is justly death to disobey or dispute the most dangerous or unreasonable of them; but yet we see, that neither the serjeant, that could command a soldier to march up to the mouth of a cannon, or stand in a breach, where he is almost sure to perish, can command that soldier to give him one penny of his money; nor the general, that can condemn him to death for deserting his post, or for not obeying the most desperate orders, can yet, with all his absolute power of life and death, dispose of one farthing of that soldier's estate, or seize one jot of his goods; whom yet he can command any thing, and hang for the least disobedience; because such a blind obedience is necessary to that end, for which the commander has his power, viz. (Second Treatise of Government)
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Title	Author	Quote
The Little Prince	Antoine de Saint-Exupery	When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	China	Once established, groups are required to submit to regular oversight and "obey the Constitution, laws, and national policies." They must not "damage national unity, or upset ethnic harmony." Violators (groups that disobey guidelines or unregistered groups that continue to operate) may face administrative punishment or criminal charges. (references)
Human Rights	Equatorial Guinea	The Code of Military Justice permits persons who disobey a military authority to be tried in a military tribunal whether or not they are military personnel. (references)
Women	Colombia	For acts of spousal sexual violence, the law mandates sentences of 6 months to 2 years and denies probation or bail to offenders who disobey restraining orders issued by the courts. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Disobey" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 64.62% of the time. "Disobey" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	64.62%	42	52,864
Lexical Verb (base form)	35.38%	23	72,767
Total	100.00%	65	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "disobey"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shkel (backslide, break, contravene, encroach, entrench, evade, go back, impinge, infringe, make inroads into, muscle in, obtrude, offend, outrage, outrun, override, perambulate, poach, press, pull, step, trample, trample down, trample on, transgress, tread, tread on, trouble), nuk i nënshtrohem, nuk i bindem. (various references)

Arabic		‏تمرد (contumacy, disobedience, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, naughtiness, rebel, rebellion, revolt, take the bit in one's hands, turbulence, waywardness), ‏عصى (kick, rebel, strain), ‏رفض بشدة (point blank denial). (various references)

Bulgarian		не се подчинявам на, не изпълнявам (evade), нарушавам (forswear, infringe, intrench, invade, outrage, outstep, poach, trouble, violate). (various references)

Chinese		违背 (Disobeyed, Disobeying, infraction, Violative), 不聽命 , 偝 (stand back-to-back). (various references)

Czech		porušit (blemish, break, disturb, infringe, upset, violate, vitiate), překroèit (exceed, overdraw, overpass, overstay, overstep, transgress, traverse, trespass), neuposlechnout (defy), neřídit se. (various references)

Farsi		نقص کردن , نافرمانی کردن , سرپیچی کردن (Challenge), اطاعت نکردن , شکستن (Break, Chop, Cleave, Crackle, Fraction, Fracture, Infract, Infraction, Nick, Refract, Shatter, Smite, Stave, Violate). (various references)

Finnish		olla tottelematon jotakuta kohtaan (be disobedient to, disobey a person). (various references)

French		désobéir, s'opposer (dissent). (various references)

German		den gehorsam verweigern, gehorchen nicht, übertreten (break, break its banks, cross, go beyond, go over, infringe, overstep, to transgress, transfer, transgress, transgressed, trespass, violate). (various references)

Greek		παρακούω (hear wrong, mishear). (various references)

Hebrew		למרות (although, despite, in spite of, notwithstanding, rebel against), ל�"מרות (defy, rebel), לסרור (be stubborn, rebel). (various references)

Hungarian		törvényt áthág, nem fogad szót (to disobey). (various references)

Indonesian		tidak menurut, menginjak-injak (be disrespectful of, disregard). (various references)

Italian		disubbidire. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		背く　 (to disobey, to go against, to run counter to), 背く (to disobey, to go against, to infringe, to run counter to), 逆らう　 (to defy, to disobey, to go against, to oppose), 逆らう (to defy, to disobey, to go against, to oppose), 親に逆らう (to disobey one's parents), 親に叛く (to disobey one's parent). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おやにそむく (to disobey one's parent), おやにさからう (to disobey one's parents), そむく (to disobey, to go against, to infringe, to run counter to), さからう (to defy, to disobey, to go against, to oppose). (various references)

Korean		거역하십시�". (various references)

Manx		neureggyrt. (various references)

Norwegian		være ulydig. (various references)

Pig Latin		isobeyday

Portuguese		desobediente (naughty, recalcitrant, unruly, wayward). (various references)

Romanian		desconsidera (despise, disregard, neglect, slight), nu se supune, nu asculta. (various references)

Russian		ослушаться. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		biti neposlušan (recalcitrate). (various references)

Spanish		desobedecer. (various references)

Swedish		vara olydig, inte lyda. (various references)

Turkish		uymamak (be at variable with, be unsuitable, break, clash, contravene, disagree, jar, not to fit, not to match), söz dinlememek (recalcitrate, take the bit between one's teeth), itaat etmemek. (various references)

Ukrainian		не коритися, порушувати (break, bring up, contravene, dislocate, exceed, infringe, interrupt, pursue, sin, subvert, transgress). (various references)

Welsh		anufuddhau. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	in-, inobaudire, inoboediens, inoboedientes, inoboedientia. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Romans Chapter 2, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	ToiV de ex eriqeiaV kai apeiqousin men th alhqeia peiqomenoiV de th adikia qumoV kai orgh
Latin	405	Vulgate	His autem qui ex contentione et qui non adquiescunt veritati credunt autem iniquitati ira et indignatio
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ac þam þe sind agenþincend and þe forweorpað soð and on his loh folgiað yfelnesse, sculon ierre and þorn tocyman.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	But to hem that ben of strijf, and that assenten not to treuthe, but bileuen to wickidnesse, wraththe and indignacioun, tribulacioun and angwisch,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	But vnto them that are rebellious and disobey the trueth yet folowe iniquytie shall come indignacion and wrath
Jacobean English	1611	King James	But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Victorian English	1833	Webster	But to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness; indignation and wrath:
Basic English	1964	Ogden	But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,
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Language	Romans Chapter 2, Verse 8
Cebuano	apan aduna unyay kasuko ug kapungot alang sa mga malalison ug wala magsunod sa kamatuoran kondili nagasunod hinoon sa pagkadili matarung.
Chinese	惟有結黨不 � � 從真理、反 � � 從不義的、就以忿 �' 惱恨 � � 應他們．
Croatian	buntovnicima pak i nepokornima istini, a pokornima nepravdi - gnjev i srdžba!
Danish	men over dem, som søge deres eget og ikke lyde Sandheden, men adlyde Uretfærdigheden, skal der komme Vrede og Harme.
Dutch	Maar dengenen, die twistgierig zijn, en die der waarheid ongehoorzaam, doch der ongerechtigheid gehoorzaam zijn, zal verbolgenheid en toorn vergolden worden;
Finnish	mutta niiden osaksi, jotka ovat itsekkäitä eivätkä tottele totuutta, vaan tottelevat vääryyttä, tulee viha ja kiivastus.
French	mais l`irritation et la colère � ceux qui, par esprit de dispute, sont rebelles � la vérité et obéissent � l`injustice.
German	aber denen, die da zänkisch sind und der Wahrheit nicht gehorchen, gehorchen aber der Ungerechtigkeit, Ungnade, und Zorn;
Hungarian	Azoknak pedig, a kik versengõk és a kik nem engednek az igazságnak, hanem engednek a hamisságnak, búsulással és haraggal.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Tetapi orang-orang yang mementingkan diri sendiri dan tidak mau taat kepada Allah, melainkan mengikuti yang jahat, orang-orang itu akan sangat dimurkai Allah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	tetapi murka dan geram itu ke atas orang yang loba dan tiada taat kepada kebenaran, melainkan taat kepada kelaliman,
Italian	sdegno ed ira contro coloro che per ribellione resistono alla verit� e obbediscono all'ingiustizia.
Latvian	Bet tiem, kas pretojas un nemeklç patiesîbu, bet nododas netaisnîbai, - ar dusmâm un bardzîbu.
Maori	Ki te hunga ia e totohe ana, e turi ana ki te pono, e whakarongo ana hoki ki te he, he riri, he aritarita,
Norwegian	men dem som er gjenstridige og ulydige mot sannheten, men lydige mot urettferdigheten, dem skal times vrede og harme.
Portuguese	mas ira e indignação aos que são contenciosos, e desobedientes � iniqüidade;
Rumanian	wi va da mknie wi urgie celor ce, din duh de gklceavq, se kmpotrivesc adevqrului wi ascultq de nelegiuire.
Russian	Б ФЕН, ЛПФПТЩЕ Х� ПТУФЧХАФ Й ОЕ � ПЛПТСАФУС ЙУФЙОЕ, ОП � ТЕ�"БАФУС ОЕ� ТБЧ�"Е, --СТПУФШ Й ЗОЕЧ.
Shuar	Antsu pénkera nuna wakerutsuk antsu aya yajauchin wakeruiniak Yúsan nakitiainia nuna Yus ti kajerak Asutiáwartatui.
Spanish	pero enojo e ira a los que son contenciosos y no obedecen a la verdad, sino que obedecen a la injusticia;
Swahili	Lakini wale wengine wenye ubinafsi, wenye kukataa mambo ya haki na kufuata uovu, wataangukiwa na ghadhabu na hasira ya Mungu.
Swedish	Men över dem som äro genstridiga och icke lyda sanningen, utan lyda orättfärdigheten, över dem kommer vrede och förtörnelse.
Uma	Aga ria wo'o tauna to mpenonoi woto-ra moto-wadi. Oja' -ra mpotuku' konoa Alata'ala, mpotuku' konoa to dada'a lau-rada. Hira' toe-mi to poko mporata roe pai' pehuku' Alata'ala-e.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "disobey": disobeyed, disobeyer, disobeyers, disobeying, disobeys. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Disobey" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dascombe, Dinorben, dioecy, disowe, Dosifey, Risbey, Wisbey. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-i-o-s-y"
	-1 letter: bodies, dobies.
	-2 letters: bides, bodes, dobie, eidos, obeys.
	-3 letters: beds, beys, bide, bids, bios, bise, bode, bods, body, boys, byes, debs, deys, dibs, dies, doby, does, dose, dyes, ides, obes, obey, obis, odes, oyes, side, sybo, yids, yobs, yods.
	-4 letters: bed, bey, bid, bio, bis, bod, bos, boy, bye, bys, deb, dey, dib, die.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-e-i-o-s-y"
	+1 letter: disobeys.
	+2 letters: anybodies, disembody, disobeyed, disobeyer, embryoids.
	+3 letters: bioassayed, boyfriends, busybodies, disobeyers, disobeying, symbolised, symbolized.
	+4 letters: deoxyribose, keyboardist.
	+5 letters: biodiversity, bodybuilders, borohydrides, considerably, deoxyriboses, disembodying, endosymbiont, hyperboloids, keyboardists, molybdenites.
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