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

• (British) IPA: /dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪənt/

disobedient

1. Not obedient.

• disobedience

• French: désobéissant
• German: ungehorsam
• Italian: disubbidiente
• Portuguese: desobediente
• Russian: непоко́рный
• Spanish: desobediente

disobedient (plural disobedients)

1. One who disobeys.
   • 1972, Social Theory and Practice, volume 2, page 493:

     Since civil disobedients act conscientiously, Cohen believes that “extra-long prison terms will not make better men of these disobedients, nor much deter others of similar conviction.”