Antonyms for the word obedience refer to the opposite meaning of following or adhering to rules, commands, or laws. These antonyms may indicate disobedience, rebellion, defiance, insubordination, or noncompliance. Disobedience is the act of not following the authority or not listening to the rules. Rebellion is an open defiance of those rules, laws, or authority. Defiance denotes resistance to authority or control. Insubordination is the refusal of obedience or the failure to submit to authority. Noncompliance is the act of neglecting or disregarding the instructions, laws, or regulations. These antonyms are essential in understanding the concept of obedience and its opposite.

What are the antonyms for Obedience?

• n.

  • abuse
  • de basement
  ,
  • de basements
  ,
  • de-basement
  ,
  • de-basements
  ,
  • in juries
  ,
  • in jury
  ,
  • in-jury
  ,
  • mis handling
  ,
  • mis handlings
  ,
  • mis manage
  ,
  • mis manages
  ,
  • mis-handling
  ,
  • mis-handlings
  ,
  • mis-manages
  ,
  • misapplication
  .
  • abuse, misconduct
  • malpractice
  .
  • act
  • disobedience
  .
  • atrocity, evil
  • outrage
  .
  • attack, encroachment
  • invasion
  .
  • bad habit; sin
  • vice
  .
  • bad or unethical behavior
  • misconduct
  .
  • belief, behavior different from most
  • nonconformity
  .
  • blame, sin; mistake
  • fault
  .
  • blame; bad conscience over responsibility
  • guilt
  .
  • breach
  • Barratry
  ,
  • Non-observance
  ,
  • barratries
  ,
  • dis regard
  ,
  • dis regards
  ,
  • dis-regard
  ,
  • dis-regards
  ,
  • infringement
  ,
  • non compliance
  ,
  • non observances
  ,
  • non-compliance
  ,
  • non-compliances
  ,
  • non-observances
  ,
  • nonobservance
  ,
  • nonobservances
  .
  • breach; breaking of the law
  • violation
  .
  • clamor, uproar
  • commotion
  .
  • commotion
  • TODO
  ,
  • big scene
  ,
  • big scenes
  ,
  • big stink
  ,
  • big stinks
  ,
  • dis composure
  ,
  • dis composures
  ,
  • dis quiet
  ,
  • dis quiets
  ,
  • dis-composure
  ,
  • dis-composures
  ,
  • dis-quiet
  ,
  • dis-quiets
  ,
  • hell broke looses
  ,
  • hurly burly
  ,
  • hurlyburly
  ,
  • out cries
  ,
  • out-cries
  ,
  • out-cry
  ,
  • to do
  ,
  • up set
  ,
  • up sets
  ,
  • up turn
  ,
  • up turns
  ,
  • up-set
  ,
  • up-sets
  ,
  • up-turn
  ,
  • up-turns
  .
  • contempt
  • Despisement
  ,
  • de spite
  ,
  • de spites
  ,
  • de-spite
  ,
  • de-spites
  ,
  • despisements
  ,
  • despites
  ,
  • dis esteem
  ,
  • dis esteems
  ,
  • dis taste
  ,
  • dis tastes
  ,
  • dis-esteem
  ,
  • dis-esteems
  ,
  • dis-taste
  ,
  • dis-tastes
  ,
  • in dignities
  ,
  • in-dignities
  .
  • crime
  • Delict
  ,
  • Malefaction
  ,
  • Torts
  ,
  • antisocial behavior
  ,
  • antisocial behaviors
  ,
  • criminalities
  ,
  • criminality
  ,
  • delicts
  ,
  • delictum
  ,
  • delictums
  ,
  • evil behaviors
  ,
  • fast one
  ,
  • fast ones
  ,
  • felony
  ,
  • illegality
  ,
  • immorality
  ,
  • male faction
  ,
  • male factions
  ,
  • male-faction
  ,
  • male-factions
  ,
  • malefactions
  ,
  • misdeed
  ,
  • tort
  ,
  • unlawful act
  ,
  • unlawful acts
  .
  • criminal offense
  • misdemeanor
  .
  • default
  • de fault
  ,
  • de faults
  ,
  • de-fault
  ,
  • de-faults
  ,
  • in adequacies
  ,
  • in adequacy
  ,
  • in sufficiencies
  ,
  • in sufficiency
  ,
  • in-adequacies
  ,
  • in-adequacy
  ,
  • in-sufficiencies
  ,
  • in-sufficiency
  ,
  • non payment
  ,
  • non payments
  ,
  • non-payments
  ,
  • over sight
  ,
  • over sights
  ,
  • over-looking
  ,
  • over-sight
  ,
  • over-sights
  ,
  • overlookings
  .
  • defiance
  • Factiousness
  ,
  • Impugnment
  ,
  • de fiance
  ,
  • de fiances
  ,
  • de-fiance
  ,
  • de-fiances
  ,
  • enjoinder
  ,
  • enjoinders
  ,
  • factiousnesses
  ,
  • impugnments
  ,
  • in tractableness
  ,
  • in tractablenesses
  ,
  • in-tractableness
  ,
  • in-tractablenesses
  ,
  • pro vocation
  ,
  • pro vocations
  ,
  • pro-vocation
  ,
  • pro-vocations
  ,
  • rebelliousness
  ,
  • rebelliousnesses
  ,
  • spite
  ,
  • throwing gauntlet
  ,
  • throwing of gauntlet
  ,
  • throwing of the gauntlet
  ,
  • throwing the gauntlet
  .
  • delinquency
  • Non-feasance
  ,
  • non feasance
  ,
  • non feasances
  ,
  • non-feasances
  .
  • disdain, disrespect
  • contempt
  .
  • disobedience
  • Insubmission
  ,
  • dis obedience
  ,
  • dis obediences
  ,
  • dis-obedience
  ,
  • dis-obediences
  ,
  • in discipline
  ,
  • in disciplines
  ,
  • in submission
  ,
  • in submissions
  ,
  • in-discipline
  ,
  • in-disciplines
  ,
  • in-submission
  ,
  • in-submissions
  ,
  • indiscipline
  ,
  • indisciplines
  ,
  • insubmissions
  ,
  • insubordination
  ,
  • non observance
  ,
  • re volution
  ,
  • re volutions
  ,
  • re-volution
  ,
  • re-volutions
  ,
  • waywardness
  ,
  • waywardnesses
  .
  • disobedience, disregard
  • defiance
  .
  • disobedience; revolt
  • rebellion
  .
  • error
  • Misbelief
  ,
  • XS
  ,
  • bad job
  ,
  • bad jobs
  ,
  • boo-boo
  ,
  • boo-boos
  ,
  • booboo
  ,
  • booboos
  ,
  • howler
  ,
  • howlers
  ,
  • in accuracies
  ,
  • in accuracy
  ,
  • in-accuracies
  ,
  • in-accuracy
  ,
  • mis apprehensions
  ,
  • mis belief
  ,
  • mis beliefs
  ,
  • mis calculation
  ,
  • mis conception
  ,
  • mis conceptions
  ,
  • mis cue
  ,
  • mis cues
  ,
  • mis judgment
  ,
  • mis judgments
  ,
  • mis management
  ,
  • mis managements
  ,
  • mis steps
  ,
  • mis understanding
  ,
  • mis understandings
  ,
  • mis-apprehension
  ,
  • mis-apprehensions
  ,
  • mis-belief
  ,
  • mis-beliefs
  ,
  • mis-calculation
  ,
  • mis-calculations
  ,
  • mis-conception
  ,
  • mis-conceptions
  ,
  • mis-cue
  ,
  • mis-cues
  ,
  • mis-judgment
  ,
  • mis-management
  ,
  • mis-managements
  ,
  • mis-understanding
  ,
  • mis-understandings
  ,
  • misbeliefs
  ,
  • mismanagement
  ,
  • mismanagements
  ,
  • screamer
  ,
  • screamers
  ,
  • screw ups
  ,
  • screw-ups
  ,
  • un truth
  ,
  • un truths
  ,
  • un-truth
  ,
  • un-truths
  .
  • failure; want
  • default
  .
  • fault
  • answerabilities
  ,
  • answerability
  ,
  • evil doing
  ,
  • in discretion
  ,
  • in discretions
  ,
  • in-discretion
  ,
  • loss innocence
  ,
  • slip up
  ,
  • slip ups
  ,
  • slip-up
  ,
  • slip-ups
  .
  • felony
  • criminal offense
  ,
  • criminal offenses
  .
  • good behavior; submissiveness
  • bad behavior
  ,
  • disagreement
  ,
  • disregard
  ,
  • fight
  ,
  • misbehavior
  ,
  • mischief
  ,
  • mutiny
  .
  • guilt
  • blameworthiness
  ,
  • blameworthinesses
  ,
  • dis grace
  ,
  • dis graces
  ,
  • dis honor
  ,
  • dis honors
  ,
  • dis-grace
  ,
  • dis-graces
  ,
  • dis-honor
  ,
  • dis-honors
  ,
  • peccabilities
  ,
  • re morse
  ,
  • re morses
  ,
  • re-morse
  ,
  • re-morses
  ,
  • self condemnation
  ,
  • self condemnations
  ,
  • self reproach
  ,
  • self reproaches
  ,
  • self-condemnations
  ,
  • self-reproach
  ,
  • selfcondemnation
  ,
  • selfcondemnations
  ,
  • selfreproach
  ,
  • selfreproaches
  ,
  • sinfulness
  ,
  • sinfulnesses
  .
  • illegal or immoral action
  • sin
  .
  • infraction
  • in fraction
  ,
  • in fractions
  ,
  • in-fraction
  ,
  • in-fractions
  .
  • injustice
  • crying shame
  ,
  • crying shames
  ,
  • dirty deal
  ,
  • dirty deals
  ,
  • dis crimination
  ,
  • dis criminations
  ,
  • dis-crimination
  ,
  • dis-criminations
  ,
  • in equalities
  ,
  • in equality
  ,
  • in equities
  ,
  • in equity
  ,
  • in justices
  ,
  • in-equalities
  ,
  • in-equality
  ,
  • in-equity
  ,
  • in-justice
  ,
  • mis carriage
  ,
  • mis carriages
  ,
  • mis-carriages
  ,
  • un lawfulness
  ,
  • un lawfulnesses
  ,
  • un-lawfulness
  ,
  • un-lawfulnesses
  ,
  • unfairness
  ,
  • unjustness
  .
  • insubordination
  • in subordination
  ,
  • in subordinations
  ,
  • in-subordination
  ,
  • in-subordinations
  ,
  • non cooperation
  ,
  • non cooperations
  ,
  • non-cooperation
  ,
  • non-cooperations
  ,
  • noncooperation
  ,
  • noncooperations
  .
  • insurrection
  • dis order
  ,
  • dis orders
  ,
  • dis-order
  ,
  • dis-orders
  ,
  • risings
  ,
  • up-rising
  ,
  • up-risings
  ,
  • uprising
  .
  • interruption
  • intrusion
  .
  • intrusion
  • inter position
  ,
  • inter positions
  ,
  • inter-position
  ,
  • inter-positions
  ,
  • interposition
  ,
  • interpositions
  ,
  • over running
  ,
  • over runnings
  ,
  • over-runnings
  ,
  • overrunnings
  .
  • invasion
  • entrenchments
  ,
  • forced entrance
  ,
  • forced entrances
  ,
  • in filtration
  ,
  • in filtrations
  ,
  • in road
  ,
  • in roads
  ,
  • in-filtration
  ,
  • in-filtrations
  ,
  • in-road
  ,
  • in-roads
  ,
  • infiltration
  ,
  • infiltrations
  ,
  • over stepping
  ,
  • over-stepping
  ,
  • oversteppings
  .
  • invasion, offense
  • trespass
  .
  • lapse
  • gaffs
  ,
  • goof up
  ,
  • goof ups
  ,
  • goof-up
  ,
  • goof-ups
  ,
  • goofup
  ,
  • goofups
  .
  • misapplication
  • mis application
  ,
  • mis applications
  ,
  • mis appropriation
  ,
  • mis appropriations
  ,
  • mis-application
  ,
  • mis-applications
  ,
  • mis-appropriations
  .
  • misbehavior
  • acting ups
  ,
  • in civilities
  ,
  • in civility
  ,
  • in-civilities
  ,
  • in-civility
  ,
  • mis behavior
  ,
  • mis behaviors
  ,
  • mis demeanors
  ,
  • mis doing
  ,
  • mis doings
  ,
  • mis-behavior
  ,
  • mis-behaviors
  ,
  • mis-doings
  ,
  • naughtiness
  .
  • mischief
  • Waggeries
  ,
  • devilment
  ,
  • devilments
  ,
  • dirty trick
  ,
  • funny business
  ,
  • funny businesses
  ,
  • impishness
  ,
  • mis chief
  ,
  • mis chiefs
  ,
  • mis fortune
  ,
  • mis fortunes
  ,
  • mis-chief
  ,
  • mis-chiefs
  ,
  • mis-fortunes
  ,
  • mischievousness
  ,
  • prankishness
  ,
  • prankster
  ,
  • rascality
  ,
  • roguery
  ,
  • roguishness
  ,
  • shenanigan
  ,
  • waggery
  .
  • misconduct
  • delinquency
  ,
  • malversation
  ,
  • malversations
  ,
  • mis conduct
  ,
  • mis conducts
  ,
  • mis-conduct
  ,
  • mis-conducts
  ,
  • wrongdoing
  .
  • misdeed
  • dirty deed
  ,
  • dirty deeds
  ,
  • mis deed
  ,
  • mis deeds
  ,
  • mis-deed
  ,
  • mis-deeds
  .
  • misdemeanor
  • mis demeanor
  ,
  • mis-demeanor
  ,
  • mis-demeanors
  .
  • mistake
  • lapse
  .
  • mistake; wrong
  • error
  .
  • mutiny
  • refusal obey
  ,
  • refusal to obey
  .
  • neglect
  • de lay
  ,
  • de lays
  ,
  • de-lay
  ,
  • de-lays
  ,
  • dis respect
  ,
  • dis respects
  ,
  • dis-respect
  ,
  • dis-respects
  ,
  • disregardance
  ,
  • disregardances
  ,
  • in advertences
  ,
  • in attention
  ,
  • in attentions
  ,
  • in consideration
  ,
  • in considerations
  ,
  • in difference
  ,
  • in differences
  ,
  • in-advertence
  ,
  • in-advertences
  ,
  • in-attention
  ,
  • in-attentions
  ,
  • in-consideration
  ,
  • in-difference
  ,
  • in-differences
  ,
  • neglect
  ,
  • neglectfulness
  ,
  • neglectfulnesses
  ,
  • pretermission
  ,
  • pretermissions
  ,
  • un concern
  ,
  • un concerns
  ,
  • un-concern
  ,
  • un-concerns
  .
  • nihilism
  • agnosticism
  ,
  • agnosticisms
  ,
  • dis belief
  ,
  • dis beliefs
  ,
  • dis-belief
  ,
  • dis-beliefs
  ,
  • mob rule
  ,
  • mob rules
  ,
  • non belief
  ,
  • non beliefs
  ,
  • non-belief
  ,
  • non-beliefs
  ,
  • nonbelief
  ,
  • nonbeliefs
  ,
  • terrorism
  ,
  • terrorisms
  .
  • nonconformity
  • Bohemianism
  ,
  • Contumaciousness
  ,
  • Mutinousness
  ,
  • bohemianisms
  ,
  • contumaciousnesses
  ,
  • dis affection
  ,
  • dis affections
  ,
  • dis agreement
  ,
  • dis agreements
  ,
  • dis approbation
  ,
  • dis approbations
  ,
  • dis approval
  ,
  • dis approvals
  ,
  • dis sent
  ,
  • dis sents
  ,
  • dis-affection
  ,
  • dis-affections
  ,
  • dis-agreement
  ,
  • dis-agreements
  ,
  • dis-approbation
  ,
  • dis-approbations
  ,
  • dis-approval
  ,
  • dis-approvals
  ,
  • dis-sent
  ,
  • dis-sents
  ,
  • hetero doxies
  ,
  • hetero doxy
  ,
  • hetero-doxies
  ,
  • hetero-doxy
  ,
  • heterodoxies
  ,
  • heterodoxy
  ,
  • iconoclasm
  ,
  • iconoclasms
  ,
  • mutinousnesses
  ,
  • non acceptance
  ,
  • non acceptances
  ,
  • non agreement
  ,
  • non agreements
  ,
  • non conformities
  ,
  • non conformity
  ,
  • non consent
  ,
  • non consents
  ,
  • non-acceptance
  ,
  • non-acceptances
  ,
  • non-agreement
  ,
  • non-agreements
  ,
  • non-conformities
  ,
  • non-conformity
  ,
  • non-consent
  ,
  • non-consents
  ,
  • nonacceptance
  ,
  • nonacceptances
  ,
  • nonagreement
  ,
  • nonagreements
  ,
  • nonconsent
  ,
  • nonconsents
  ,
  • recusance
  ,
  • recusances
  ,
  • recusancies
  ,
  • recusancy
  ,
  • strangeness
  ,
  • transgressiveness
  ,
  • transgressivenesses
  ,
  • un conventionalities
  ,
  • un conventionality
  ,
  • un orthodoxies
  ,
  • un orthodoxy
  ,
  • un-conventionalities
  ,
  • un-conventionality
  ,
  • un-orthodoxies
  ,
  • un-orthodoxy
  ,
  • unconventionalities
  ,
  • unconventionality
  ,
  • unorthodoxies
  ,
  • unorthodoxy
  .
  • noun
  • Flouting
  ,
  • Insurgence
  ,
  • animosity
  ,
  • antipathy
  ,
  • balkiness
  ,
  • breach
  ,
  • brush off
  ,
  • challenge
  ,
  • contrariness
  ,
  • contravention
  ,
  • contumacy
  ,
  • dereliction
  ,
  • disaffection
  ,
  • disloyalty
  ,
  • disrespect
  ,
  • dissent
  ,
  • dissidence
  ,
  • enmity
  ,
  • frowardness
  ,
  • hardheadedness
  ,
  • hostility
  ,
  • impudence
  ,
  • infraction
  ,
  • insolence
  ,
  • insurgency
  ,
  • insurrection
  ,
  • intractability
  ,
  • mulishness
  ,
  • noncompliance
  ,
  • obstinateness
  ,
  • obstreperousness
  ,
  • offense
  ,
  • outbreak
  ,
  • overlooking
  ,
  • perversity
  ,
  • pigheadedness
  ,
  • rebelling
  ,
  • refractoriness
  ,
  • revolt
  ,
  • rudeness
  ,
  • sedition
  ,
  • self-will
  ,
  • transgression
  ,
  • treason
  ,
  • unruliness
  ,
  • willfulness
  ,
  • wrong
  .
  • offense
  • dirty dig
  ,
  • dirty digs
  ,
  • dis pleasure
  ,
  • dis pleasures
  ,
  • dis-pleasure
  ,
  • dis-pleasures
  ,
  • ex plosion
  ,
  • ex plosions
  ,
  • ex-plosion
  ,
  • flare up
  ,
  • flareup
  ,
  • left handed compliment
  ,
  • muggings
  ,
  • out burst
  ,
  • out bursts
  ,
  • out-burst
  ,
  • out-bursts
  ,
  • putdown
  ,
  • slap face
  ,
  • slap in face
  ,
  • slap in the face
  ,
  • slap the face
  ,
  • wounded feeling
  ,
  • wounded feelings
  ,
  • zinger
  ,
  • zingers
  .
  • offense against the law
  • crime
  .
  • opposition
  • Antinomies
  ,
  • Antinomy
  ,
  • Oppugnancy
  ,
  • anti thesis
  ,
  • anti-thesis
  ,
  • confrontings
  ,
  • counter action
  ,
  • counter actions
  ,
  • counter attack
  ,
  • counter attacks
  ,
  • counter-action
  ,
  • counter-actions
  ,
  • counter-attack
  ,
  • counter-attacks
  ,
  • de fenses
  ,
  • de-fenses
  ,
  • negativism
  ,
  • negativisms
  ,
  • obstructiveness
  ,
  • obstructivenesses
  ,
  • opposures
  ,
  • oppugnancies
  ,
  • un friendliness
  ,
  • un friendlinesses
  ,
  • un-friendlinesses
  ,
  • unfriendliness
  .
  • outbreak
  • Ebullition
  ,
  • be ginning
  ,
  • be-ginning
  ,
  • burstings
  ,
  • dis charge
  ,
  • dis charges
  ,
  • dis-charge
  ,
  • dis-charges
  ,
  • ebullitions
  ,
  • gushings
  ,
  • out break
  ,
  • out breaks
  ,
  • out pouring
  ,
  • out-break
  ,
  • out-breaks
  ,
  • out-pouring
  ,
  • rendings
  ,
  • sunderings
  .
  • outrage
  • in humanities
  ,
  • in humanity
  ,
  • out rages
  ,
  • out-rage
  ,
  • out-rages
  ,
  • ravishings
  .
  • refusal to believe
  • nihilism
  .
  • revolt
  • re volt
  ,
  • re volts
  ,
  • re-volt
  ,
  • re-volts
  .
  • sacrilege
  • profanation
  .
  • sin
  • Gluttonies
  ,
  • Veniality
  ,
  • de merit
  ,
  • de merits
  ,
  • de-merit
  ,
  • de-merits
  ,
  • evil-doing
  ,
  • evil-doings
  ,
  • gluttony
  ,
  • un godliness
  ,
  • un godlinesses
  ,
  • un righteousness
  ,
  • un righteousnesses
  ,
  • un-godliness
  ,
  • un-righteousness
  ,
  • un-righteousnesses
  ,
  • ungodliness
  ,
  • unrighteousness
  ,
  • unrighteousnesses
  ,
  • venialities
  ,
  • wrongness
  ,
  • wrongnesses
  .
  • transgression
  • breaking law
  ,
  • breaking of law
  ,
  • breaking of the law
  ,
  • breaking the law
  ,
  • errings
  .
  • trespass
  • impingement
  ,
  • poachings
  ,
  • unlawful entry
  ,
  • wrongful entries
  ,
  • wrongful entry
  .
  • unfair treatment; bias
  • injustice
  .
  • unfairness
  • un fairnesses
  ,
  • un-fairness
  ,
  • un-fairnesses
  .
  • unjustness
  • un justness
  ,
  • un justnesses
  ,
  • un-justness
  .
  • uprising
  • up rising
  ,
  • up risings
  .
  • vice
  • Lubricity
  ,
  • de cay
  ,
  • de cays
  ,
  • de-cay
  ,
  • de-cays
  ,
  • in decencies
  ,
  • in decency
  ,
  • in-decencies
  ,
  • in-decency
  ,
  • looseness
  ,
  • loosenesses
  ,
  • lubricities
  ,
  • maleficences
  ,
  • malignance
  ,
  • malignances
  .
  • violation
  • de facing
  ,
  • de facings
  ,
  • de gradation
  ,
  • de gradations
  ,
  • de-facing
  ,
  • de-facings
  ,
  • de-gradation
  ,
  • de-gradations
  ,
  • defacings
  ,
  • mis treatment
  ,
  • mis treatments
  ,
  • mis-treatment
  ,
  • mis-treatments
  ,
  • ravishment
  ,
  • ravishments
  ,
  • spoliation
  ,
  • spoliations
  ,
  • transgressings
  ,
  • trespassings
  ,
  • violatings
  .
  • wrong
  • bad deed
  ,
  • bad deeds
  ,
  • dis courtesies
  ,
  • dis courtesy
  ,
  • dis-courtesies
  ,
  • dis-courtesy
  ,
  • mis take
  ,
  • mis takes
  ,
  • mis-take
  ,
  • mis-takes
  .
  • wrong use
  • abuse
  .
  • wrongdoing
  • malfeasance
  .

• Other relevant words:

• opposition
,
• question
,
• resistance
.

Usage examples for Obedience

Famous quotes with Obedience

• Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in the soul and later progresses to the body, inasmuch as the body of the man is capable of the same obedience to the will of God as the soul.

  William Ames
• I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.

  Susan B. Anthony
• Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

  Douglas Bader
• Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.

  Walter Bagehot
• A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.

  Robert Benchley

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