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# insolence

«insolence» in Mova's school dictionary: **rude, cheeky behaviour towards someone in charge or older…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Insolence is rude, cheeky behaviour towards someone in charge or older than you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insolence/#m1)

2) Insolence is a proud and disrespectful manner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insolence/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a rude answer to a king earns punishment; in lessons a disrespectful tone to a teacher

### examples

- The king would not tolerate such insolence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insolence/#x1)
- Stop that insolence and say sorry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insolence/#x2)
- I will not forgive your insolence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insolence/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Lift not up your horn on high; speak not insolence with a haughty neck.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1283/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «insolence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insolence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.