disobediency

[English disobedienc ( e ); -y.] Disobedience. "In punishing my disobediency."-Taylor: The Hog hath lost his Pearl , iii. IMG:content-0130.png:[blocks in formation] 2. That which will not yield to an exciting force, power, or influence. "Rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli."-Dr. E. Darwin. *dis-o-be-di-en-ti-a-rỹ (ti as shí), s . [Eng. disobedient; -iary .] A disobedient or rebellious person; a rebel. dis-o-be-di-ent-lý, adv. [English disobedient; -ly.] In a disobedient, refractory manner. *dis-ô-bê i-sance, *dis-o-bei-saunce, s . [O. Fr. des obeisance ; Fr. désobéi ance .] Disobedience. "To tell my dis obe is a unce Ful sore it stant to my greuaunce." Gower: C. A. , i. 86. § 3. 2. Freedom or release from obligation. "The conscience is restored to liberty and disobliga tion." -Bishop Taylor: Rule of Conscience , bk. iii., ch. vi., dis-o-blig-a-tõr-y, a . [Pref. dis , and Eng. obligatory (q.v.).] Releasing from an obligation. "You much mistake in alleging that the two Houses of Parliament, especially as they are now constituted, can have this disobligatory power." -King Charles: Letter to Henderson, p. 20.