Civil disobedience
noun [ U ] /ˌsɪv.əl dɪs.əˈbiː.di.əns/
the act by a group of people of refusing to obey laws or pay taxes, as a peaceful way of expressing their disapproval of those laws or taxes and in order to persuade the government to change them
Example. Gandhi and Martin Luther King both led campaigns of civil disobedience to try to persuade the authorities to change their policies
Campaigns of civil disobedience forced an end to segregation
