refusal to obey an order
51breach — breacher, n. /breech/, n. 1. the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture. 2. an infraction or violation, as of a law, trust, faith, or promise. 3. a gap made in a wall, fortification, line of soldiers, etc.; rift; fissure. 4. a severance of …
52Defense of Hengyang — Part of the Second Sino Japanese War …
53Diet of Hungary — For the post 1946 institution, see National Assembly of Hungary. Diet of Hungary of 1830 The Diet of Hungary (Hungarian: Országgyűlés) was a legislative institution in the medieval kingdom of Hungary from the 15th century, and in its… …
54SARPI, PAUL — an Italian historian of the monastic order, born at Venice; was a man of wide attainments and liberal views; was the champion of the Republic against the Pope; was summoned to Rome, and on his refusal to obey, excommunicated; his life being in …
55rebel — n Rebel, insurgent, iconoclast are comparable when they denote one who rises up against constituted authority or the established order. Rebel carries the strongest implication of a refusal to obey or to accept dictation and of actual, often armed …
56civil disobedience — civ′il disobe′dience n. gov the refusal to obey certain governmental laws or demands in order to influence legislation or policy, characterized by nonviolent methods as nonpayment of taxes and boycotting …
57de·fi·ance — /dıˈfajəns/ noun [noncount] : a refusal to obey something or someone : the act of defying someone or something acts of defiance often + of He was jailed for his defiance of the law. in defiance of : against or despite the wishes, rules, or laws… …
58Criticism of Jehovah's Witnesses — Part of a series on Jehovah s Witnesses Overview …
59HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
60Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
