Princeton's WordNet

1. obedience, obeisance(noun)

   the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person

2. obedience(noun)

   the trait of being willing to obey

3. obedience, respect(noun)

   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"

Wiktionary

1. obedience(Noun)

   The quality of being obedient.

   Obedience is essential in any army.

Origin: From obedience, from obedience (modern French obédience), from oboedientia.

Webster Dictionary

1. Obedience(noun)

   the act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control

2. Obedience(noun)

   words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness

3. Obedience(noun)

   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

4. Obedience(noun)

   a cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior

5. Obedience(noun)

   one of the three monastic vows

6. Obedience(noun)

   the written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject

The Roycroft Dictionary

1. obedience

   1. Expectation on a monument. 2. A dignified retreat from Balaklava. 3. Lex Talionis playing 'possum. 4. The second law of Nature, the first being murder. _E. g._, "After all, it was my brother's Obedience to the Lord that laid the foundation of my glory."--From Cain's _Diary of an Altar-Wrecker_.

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