Synonyms for civil disobedience
civ·il dis·obe·di·ence

Princeton's WordNet

1. civil disobediencenoun

   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"

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1. • Direct Action

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1. Corey Menafee:

   The University could be termed as civil disobedience, but there’s always better ways of doing things like The University than just destroying things. The University was n’t The University, and I had no right to do The University.

2. Joshua Wong:

   I choose to plead guilty in this case to show, as an organizer of civil disobedience, I am willing to bear legal responsibility, although there's a chance I might be put in jail, I have no regrets.

3. Alex Chow:

   We will sit outside the injunction area. We will stay true to the spirit of civil disobedience -- remain peaceful and bear the legal consequences of our action.

4. Mahathma Gandhi:

   Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty, when the state becomes lawless or corrupt

5. Robin Krawitz:

   The man put his life on the line and the life of his family on the line to do work that was illegal at the time, we can look back and say that our system was wrong. He was not wrong, he was practicing civil disobedience.