Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun civil_disobedience

1 sense of civil disobedience

Sense 1
civil disobedience -- (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")
       => direct action -- (a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands)