When someone disobeys a person or an order, they deliberately do not do what they have been told to do. a naughty boy who often disobeyed his mother and father They were threatened with punishment if they disobeyed. obey. to refuse to do what someone with authority tells you to do, or refuse to obey a rule or law obey
refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his superviser and was fired
Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey a superior or his commands, the laws, etc
); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws