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The failure to obey
Answer for the clue "The failure to obey ", 13 letters:
noncompliance
Word definitions for noncompliance in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the failure to obey [syn: disobedience ] [ant: conformity , obedience ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A failure to comply
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Noncompliance \Non`com*pli"ance\, n. Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.
Usage examples of noncompliance.
His name had been illegibly scrawled on a blank line reserved for that purpose, and a box next to the statement Action has been taken to rectify noncompliance had been checked.
They were being fined for noncompliance with regulations and would also be charged for the labor and materials supplied by the gardening enterprise, which replaced the offending plants with acceptable local vegetation.
Should the United States not make good on those threats, international opinion is likely to be more convinced than ever that there are no penalties for noncompliance with the U.
Don Juan extrapolated from the occurrence that an ally had the capacity to intervene directly and withhold the deleterious, and usually fatal, effect resulting from noncompliance with its rule.
Liberals view their own noncompliance with immigration laws as a sort of friendly-neighbor program.
The League staffers were aghast, until I reminded them what the penalty for noncompliance was.
In addition, because it was the Security Council that established the sanctions in the beginning, pursuing any other route to try to restore the embargoes on Iraq would be seen as an obvious sign of failure that would encourage noncompliance.