10
recalcitrance(noun, order, disregard, command, resist)
9
defiance(noun, disregard, resist, resistance, disobedience)
9
obstinacy(noun, order, passion, command, call)
9
stubbornness(noun, passion, hatred, zeal, resistance)
7
contempt(noun, order, disregard, command, resist)
7
insubordination(noun, order, disregard, command, opposition)
7
rebellion(order, disregard, command, opposition, resistance)
6
disobedience(noun, disregard, opposition, resistance, disobedience)
6
intractability(noun, order, command, resistance, obstinacy)
6
rebelliousness(noun, order, disregard, command, opposition)
6
unruliness(noun, order, disregard, passion, command)
5
contrariness(noun, order, disregard, command, opposition)
5
inflexibility(noun, determination, perseverance, obstinacy, stubbornness)
5
mulishness(noun, determination, perseverance, obstinacy, stubbornness)
5
perversity(noun, order, disregard, command, opposition)
4
obduracy(noun, determination, resistance, perseverance, obstinacy)
4
pertinacity(noun, determination, perseverance, obstinacy, stubbornness)
4
recalcitrancy(noun, resist, defiance)
4
refractoriness(noun, defiance)
4
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