civil disobedience

civil disobedience (uncountable)

1. A form of social protest, involving the active but non-violent refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands of an established authority, because they are considered to be morally wrong or detrimental.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 146:

     We now had no alternative but to resort to civil disobedience, and we embarked in earnest on preparations for mass action.

• treason

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