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civil disobedience

/'sɪvəl_,dɪsə'bidiəns/

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noun
a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination)
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"Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience"

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direct action

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