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civil disobedience::noun | Spocien Dictionary

civil disobedience

noun

/'sɪvəl_,dɪsə'bidiəns/

a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination)

Type	Words
Type of	direct action
Has types	protest march, sit-in

Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience.