0 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: --
Gandhi and Martin Luther King both led campaigns of civil disobedience to try to persuade the authorities to change their policies.
1 the refusal of citizens to obey certain laws or pay taxes as a peaceful way to express disapproval of those laws or taxes: --
[ U ] Campaigns of civil disobedience forced an end to segregation.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Можем да го завършим стъпка по стъпка, колкото и дълъг да е пътят и не може да бъде завършен, колкото и кратък да е пътят, ако дори не маркирате отпечатъка си.