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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination);
- Example: "Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

civil disobedience
    n 1: a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the
         law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination);
         "Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil
         disobedience"