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civil disobedience


civil disobedience

noun

Definition of CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

: refusal to obey governmental demands or commands especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing concessions from the government

Examples of CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

  1. In an act of civil disobedience, the family sent its tax money to an antiwar organization.
  2. A student organization is encouraging civil disobedience as a way to get the university to change its policies.

First Known Use of CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

1866

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