Dĭs/o-bē/dĭ-ent, a.

a. [Prefix dis and obedient, q. v.; Pr. desobediens, Fr. désobéissant.] Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; — applied to persons and acts. “This disobedient spirit in the colonies.” Burke. I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision. Acts xxvi. 19.