10
recalcitrance(noun, control, order, quality, condition)
7
refractoriness(noun, control, order, quality, condition)
7
unmanageability(noun, control, order, quality, condition)
6
indocility(noun, control, order, quality, command)
6
intractability(noun, control, order, quality, command)
6
unruliness(noun, control, order, quality, command)
5
disorderliness(noun, control, order, quality, condition)
5
obstinacy(noun, control, order, quality, command)
4
defiance(noun, resist, resistance, stubbornness, dare)
4
fractiousness(noun, control, order, quality, condition)
4
intractableness(noun, control, order, quality, command)
4
uncontrollability(noun, control, order, quality, condition)
4
uncontrollableness(noun, control, order, quality, condition)
4
ungovernableness(noun, control, order, quality, condition)
4
unmanageableness
4
wildness(noun, control, order, quality, condition)
3
challenge(noun, defiance)
3
contempt(noun, order, command, resist, resistance)
3
contumacy(noun, resist, defiance)
3
despite(noun, resist, resistance, spite, stubbornness)
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