5
rebelliousness(noun, order, command, resistance, obstinacy)
4
contrariness(noun, unruliness)
4
frowardness
4
uncontrollableness(noun, control, order, quality, command)
4
ungovernableness(noun, control, order, quality, command)
4
waywardness(noun, resistance, recklessness, obstinacy, imprudence)
3
balkiness
3
challenge(noun, unruliness)
3
mulishness(noun, obstinacy, stubbornness, inflexibility)
3
perversity(noun, unruliness)
3
rebellion(noun, unruliness)
3
spite(noun, unruliness)
3
untowardness(noun, control, order, quality, command)
3
willfulness(noun, resistance, recklessness, obstinacy, imprudence)
2
contumaciousness
2
dare(noun, order, command, resistance, obstinacy)
2
defy(noun, order, command, resistance, obstinacy)
2
impudence(noun, unruliness)
2
indomitability(obstinacy, inflexibility)
2
insolence(noun, unruliness)
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