disobedient

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
  2. adjective unwilling to submit to authority

Etymology

From Middle English disobedient, dysobedyent, from Old French desobedient; morphologically, from dis- + obedient.

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