Balkiness and Dutifulness

Balkiness

Balkiness noun - Refusal to obey.
Usage example: the teen's unrelenting balkiness was truly frustrating

Dutifulness is an antonym for balkiness.

Dutifulness

Dutifulness noun - Piety by virtue of devotion to duty.

Balkiness is an antonym for dutifulness.
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