indocility

in·doc·ile

 (ĭn-dŏs′əl)
adj.
Resistant to authority or discipline; recalcitrant.
in′do·cil′i·ty (ĭn′dŏ-sĭl′ĭ-tē, -dō-) n.
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indocility

noun
The quality or condition of being unruly:
disorderliness, fractiousness, intractability, intractableness, obstinacy, obstinateness, obstreperousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, unruliness, untowardness, wildness.
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