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самово́лие

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nounneuterinanimateuncountable

1.
arbitrariness, high-handedness, acting without authorization
Солда́та наказа́ли за самово́лие.
The soldier was punished for acting without authorization.
Often of soldiers or subordinates acting against orders.
2.
self-will, wilfulness, licence (unrestrained freedom)
Учи́тель не те́рпит самово́лия ученико́в.
The teacher does not tolerate wilfulness in his pupils.

Examples

Такое самоволие в армии считается серьёзным нарушением.
Such wilfulness is considered a serious violation in the army.
Его самоволие часто мешало работе всей команды.
His wilfulness often interfered with the work of the entire team.
Начальник наказал солдата за самоволие на посту.
The commander punished the soldier for acting without authorization while on guard duty.

Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nom.Nominative	самово́лие	самово́лия
Gen.Genitive	самово́лия	самово́лий
Dat.Dative	самово́лию	самово́лиям
Acc.Accusative	самово́лие	самово́лия
Inst.Instrumental	самово́лием	самово́лиями
Prep.Prepositional	самово́лии	самово́лиях

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Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
Lucian edited noun basics 7 years ago.

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More about the translations

acting arbitrariness authorization freedom high-handedness licence self-will unrestrained wilfulness without