disobedience
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disobedience
Behavior in which one deliberately resists instructions, rules, or authorities. The opposite of obedience.
Der zivile Ungehorsam ist eine Form des politischen Protests.
Civil disobedience is a form of political protest.
The word is the direct opposite of 'der Gehorsam' (obedience). The prefix 'Un-' expresses negation. The meaning of 'Ungehorsam' (disobedience) is therefore easy to derive from its components.
Sein Ungehorsam gegenüber den Regeln führte zu Problemen.
His disobedience toward the rules led to problems.
A very important and fixed combination is 'ziviler Ungehorsam' (civil disobedience). This term refers to a form of nonviolent political protest in which laws are deliberately ignored.
Die Aktivisten riefen zum zivilen Ungehorsam auf.
The activists called for civil disobedience.
When you want to state the reason for an action, the preposition 'aus' is often used. The construction is then: 'etwas aus Ungehorsam tun' (to do something out of disobedience).
Das Kind aß das Gemüse nicht, und es tat dies aus reinem Ungehorsam.
The child did not eat the vegetables, and did so out of pure disobedience.
resistance
Ungehorsam initially refers to deliberately failing to follow an instruction or rule. Widerstand, by contrast, emphasizes deliberately opposing an authority, command, or measure. Use Ungehorsam for breaking a rule and Widerstand for active opposition to an order.
Der Schüler zeigte Ungehorsam, indem er die Anweisung nicht befolgte.
The student showed disobedience by failing to follow the instruction.
Die Beschäftigten leisteten Widerstand gegen die Anweisung der Leitung.
The employees resisted the management’s instruction.
