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civil disobedience
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civil disobedience
nonviolent opposition to a government policy or law by refusing to comply with it, on the grounds of conscience
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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