Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

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     #742.  Disobedience.—­ N. disobedience, insubordination, contumacy;
infraction, infringement; violation, noncompliance; nonobservance &c. 773.
     revolt, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, rising, uprising, insurrection,
emeute[Fr]; riot, tumult &c. (disorder) 59; strike &c.(resistance) 719; barring out; defiance &c. 715.
     mutinousness &c. adj.; mutineering[obs3]; sedition, treason; high
treason, petty treason, misprision of treason; premunire[Lat]; lese majeste[Fr]; violation of law &c. 964; defection, secession.
     insurgent, mutineer, rebel, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, traitor,
quisling, carbonaro[obs3], sansculottes[Fr], red republican, bonnet rouge, communist, Fenian, frondeur; seceder, secessionist, runagate, renegade, brawler, anarchist, demagogue; Spartacus, Masaniello, Wat Tyler, Jack Cade; ringleader. 
     V. disobey, violate, infringe; shirk; set at defiance &c. (defy) 715;
set authority at naught, run riot, fly in the face of; take the law into one’s own hands; kick over the traces.
     turn restive, run restive; champ the bit; strike &c. (resist) 719;
rise, rise in arms; secede; mutiny, rebel. 
     Adj. disobedient; uncomplying, uncompliant; unsubmissive[obs3],
unruly, ungovernable; breachy[obs3], insubordinate, impatient of control, incorrigible; restiff|, restive; refractory, contumacious, recusant &c. (refuse) 764; recalcitrant; resisting &c. 719; lawless, mutinous, seditions, insurgent, riotous.
     unobeyed[obs3]; unbidden. 
     Phr. seditiosissimus quisque ignavus [Lat][Tacitus]; “unthread the
rude eye of rebellion” [King John].

     #743.  Obedience.—­ N. obedience; observance &c. 772; compliance;
submission &c. 725; subjection &c. 749; nonresistance; passiveness, resignation.
     allegiance, loyalty, fealty, homage, deference, devotion; constancy,
fidelity.
     submissness[obs3], submissiveness; ductility &c. (softness) 324;
obsequiousness &c. (servility) 886. 
     V. be -obedient &c. adj.; obey, bear obedience to; submit &c. 725;
comply, answer the helm, come at one’s call; do one’s bidding, do what one is told, do suit and service; attend to orders, serve faithfully.
     follow the lead of, follow to the world’s end; serve &c. 746; play
second fiddle. 
     Adj. obedient; complying, compliant; loyal, faithful, devoted; at
one’s call, at one’s command, at one’s orders, at one’s beck and call; under beck and call, under control.
     restrainable; resigned, passive; submissive &c. 725; henpecked; pliant
&c. (soft) 324.
     unresisted[obs3]. 
     Adv. obediently &c. adj.; in compliance with, in obedience to. 
     Phr. to hear is to obey; as you please, if you please; your wish is my
command; as you wish; no sooner said than done.

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