waywardness

noun

Definition of waywardnessnext
as in rebellion
refusal to obey the unremitting waywardness of the child frustrated her parents at times

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  1. rebellion
  2. defiance
  3. disobedience
Noun
  • There are no major qualifications, but members of Congress and certain other office-holders are barred from participating, along with anyone who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion.
    Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Sofia’s haircut is an early sign of her rebellion; a shaggy mullet that calls back to Jane Fonda in the 1970s thriller Klute.
    Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of rebellion
Noun
  • Their decision to kiss in front of the preachers was not just an act of defiance, but a message to the world.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The dissenters—who were ordered to leave Hanover within three days—became known as the Göttingen Seven, and their act of defiance was later enshrined in German history as a banner moment in the nation’s path to democracy.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of defiance
Noun
  • The disobedience that led to Braun’s removal from that gym might’ve been a trait that needed maturation, but the underlying swagger and cockiness are essential to what his current coach, Michael Malone, wants from him.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Whistle-blowing, by contrast, is closer to deliberate disobedience on the battlefield.
    Michael Walzer, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
Definition of disobedience
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