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
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Examples of civil disobedience in a Sentence
In an act of civil disobedience, the family sent its tax money to an antiwar organization.
A student organization is encouraging civil disobedience as a way to get the university to change its policies.
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1866
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Defined for English Language Learners
civil disobedience
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Definition of civil disobedience for English Language Learners
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: refusal to obey laws as a way of forcing the government to do or change something
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civil disobedience
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civil dis·obe·di·ence
legal 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
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