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. Mat Staver:

   Yes, I’m talking about civil disobedience, i’m talking about resistance and I’m talking about peaceful resistance against unjust laws and unjust rulings.

2. Mark Goldstone:

   Doug's dramatic act of aerial civil disobedience was a cry that our democracy is in peril unless ordinary citizens feel free to speak up and have their voices heard by their government.

3. 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.

4. Mahathma Gandhi:

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

5. Saw Taw Nee:

   Mostly they involved in Civil Disobedience Movement and they dare not to stay any longer in their place and they are being sought for arrest, most are very young people.