civil disobedience
- The act of intentionally not adhering to government rulings or regulations, often carried out in a peaceful group setting, as a strategy to pressure governing bodies into making changes or providing certain benefits
- A group of protesters practiced civil disobedience by peacefully refusing to leave the park until zoning changes they demanded were put in place.
- The citizens engaged in civil disobedience by not paying their taxes to send a message against the new financial laws they believed were oppressive.
- The sit-in, a common form of civil disobedience, was used to protest segregation policies.
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