failure or refusal to conform, as with established customs, attitudes, or ideas.

lack of conformity or agreement.

( often initial capital letter ) refusal to conform to the Church of England.

Geology . an unconformity that separates crystalline rocks, either igneous or metamorphic, from sedimentary rocks.

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compliance , conformity , obedience , orthodoxy

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bohemianism , breach , contumaciousness , denial , disaffection , disagreement , disapprobation , disapproval , discordance , disobedience , dissent , eccentricity , exception , heresy , heterodoxy , iconoclasm , insubordination , lawlessness , mutinousness , negation , nonacceptance , nonagreement , noncompliance , nonconsent , objection , opposition , originality , recalcitrance , recusance , recusancy , rejection , strangeness , transgressiveness , unconventionality , uniqueness , unorthodoxy , unruliness , veto , violation , anomaly , disbelief , dissidence , peculiarity