obedience

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns//
United States//oʊˈbidiəns//
United States//əˈbidiəns//

The quality of being obedient.

noun

1
The quality of being obedient.
Obedience is essential in any army.
February 24, 1823, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Mr. Edward Everett Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Cautioning Nobs to silence, and he had learned many lessons in the value of obedience since we had entered Caspak, I slunk forward, taking advantage of whatever cover I could find...
2
The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority.
3
A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him.
4
Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction.

Etymology

From Middle English obedience, from Anglo-Norman obedience, from Old French obedience (modern French obédience), from Latin oboedientia. Displaced native Old English hīersumnes (compare modern English hearsomeness). Cognate with obeisance.

Forms

plural: obediences

oatmeal · Meal made from rolled or round oats.oats · A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).Obama · An African surname from Luo.

obedience · The quality of being obedient.

obedient · Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions…obey · To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act…obituary · A brief notice of a person's death, especially one published…

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