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. 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.

2. Kevin McCall:

   We just finished performing as we call civil disobedience for justice. Sometimes you need to do things that turn up the temperature for justice, you have to do extreme things … to get justice.

3. Corey Menafee:

   The employee apologized for his actions and subsequently resigned from The University. The University will not advocate that the employee be prosecuted in connection with this incident and is not seeking restitution. the University could be termed as civil disobedience.

4. Father Massimo Biancalani:

   Salvini's intentions are ideological and electorally motivated, unfortunately people fall for it and the immigrant becomes the scapegoat. We need civil disobedience and it's important for secular and religious institutions to open their doors to welcome these homeless migrants.

5. Thomas Gokey:

   No big change like this ever happens without mass mobilization ; without ordinary people getting organized to take direct action and engage in civil disobedience.