抗こう命めい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

disobeying an order; insubordination

Formal term for refusing to follow orders, often used in military, workplace, or institutional contexts.

• 上じょう官かんの命めい令れいに抗こう命めいする行こう為いは軍ぐん法ぽう会かい議ぎにかけられる。

  Disobeying a superior officer's order can lead to a court-martial.