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| carry out |
to comply with; obey; follow. [1/3 definitions] |
| defiant |
characterized by a bold disregard or contempt for authority or opposition; refusing to obey. |
| defiantly |
in a manner that shows a strong rejection of an idea or authority or an unwillingness to obey. |
| disobedience |
the act of refusing or failing to obey. |
| disobedient |
refusing or neglecting to obey. |
| disobey |
to fail or refuse to obey. |
| dressage |
the practice or methodology of training horses, esp. to obey and execute certain complicated movements. |
| follow |
to accept and obey as an authority, guide, or leader. [1/15 definitions] |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| hew |
to follow or obey strictly (usu. fol. by "to"). [1/4 definitions] |
| insubordination |
unwillingness to obey orders or submit to authority. |
| mind |
to pay attention to and obey (rules, people in authority, or the like). [1/13 definitions] |
| noncooperation |
refusal to cooperate with or obey a government, as in acts of civil disobedience. [1/2 definitions] |
| obedient |
obeying, or being willing to obey, rules, commands, or requests. |
| Rosa Parks |
U.S. civil rights activist and icon, whose arrest in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to obey segregation laws on a municipal bus inspired a wave of civil rights activism; born Rosa Louise McCauley (b.1913--d.2005). |
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