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English noun: civil disobedience | |||
| 1. | civil disobedience (act) a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination) | ||
| Samples | Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | direct action | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | protest march, sit-in | ||
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