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Obedience

Obedience Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Obedience? [n] behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes" [n] the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person [n] the trait of being willing to obey Synonyms \| Synonyms for Obedience: obeisance \| respect Related Terms \| Find terms related to Obedience: acceptance \| accommodation \| accord \| accordance \| acquiescence \| adaptability \| adaptation \| adaption \| adjustment \| agreeability \| agreeableness \| agreement \| amenability \| assent \| complaisance \| compliance \| conformance \| conformation other-direction \| conformity \| congruity \| consent \| consistency \| conventionality \| correspondence \| deference \| docility \| dutifulness \| flexibility \| harmony \| homage \| humbleness \| humility \| keeping \| kneeling \| line \| malleability \| meekness \| nonopposal \| nonopposition \| nonresistance \| nonviolent resistance \| obeisance \| observance \| orthodoxy \| passive resistance \| passiveness \| passivity \| pliancy \| Quakerism \| quietism \| reconcilement \| reconciliation \| resignation \| resignedness \| respect \| respectfulness \| strictness \| subjection \| submission \| submissiveness \| submittal \| subservience \| supineness \| tractability \| traditionalism \| uncomplainingness \| uniformity \| yielding See Also \| compliance \| filial duty \| flexibility \| submission \| submissiveness \| tractability \| tractableness \| truckling Obedience In Webster's Dictionary \Obe"dience\, n. [F. ob['e]dience, L. obedientia, oboedientia. See {Obedient}, and cf.{Obeisance}.] 1. The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control. Government must compel the obedience of individuals. --Ames. 2. Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness. --Shak. 3. (Eccl.) (a) A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope. (b) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior. (c) One of the three monastic vows. --Shipley. (d) The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject. {Canonical obedience}. See under {Canonical}. {Passive obedience}. See under {Passive}.

Obedience Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Obedience?

[n] behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes"
[n] the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
[n] the trait of being willing to obey

Synonyms | Synonyms for Obedience: obeisance | respect

Obedience In Webster's Dictionary

\O*be"di*ence\, n. [F. ob['e]dience, L. obedientia,
oboedientia. See {Obedient}, and cf.{Obeisance}.]
1. The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient;
   compliance with that which is required by authority;
   subjection to rightful restraint or control.

         Government must compel the obedience of individuals.
                                               --Ames.

2. Words or actions denoting submission to authority;
   dutifulness. --Shak.

3. (Eccl.)
   (a) A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman
       Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who
       submit to the authority of the pope.
   (b) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by
       a prior.
   (c) One of the three monastic vows. --Shipley.
   (d) The written precept of a superior in a religious order
       or congregation to a subject.

{Canonical obedience}. See under {Canonical}.

{Passive obedience}. See under {Passive}.

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