obedience (noun)
1obedience — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, perfect, strict (AmE), total ▪ He demands absolute obedience from his men. ▪ blind, passive …
2obedience — (n.) c.1200, submission to a higher power or authority, from O.Fr. obedience (12c.) and directly from L. obedientia obedience, noun of quality from obedientem (nom. obediens); see OBEDIENT (Cf. obedient). In reference to dog training from 1930 …
3obedience — obedient ► ADJECTIVE ▪ willing to obey an order or submit to another s authority. DERIVATIVES obedience noun obediently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin oboedire obey …
4obedience — noun (U) obedient behaviour; doing what you are told to do by your parents etc (+ to): obedience to her father s wishes | demand obedience: a master who demanded absolute obedience from his servants …
5obedience — noun /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns/ The quality of being obedient. Obedience is essential in any army. Ant: disobedience See Also: obey, obedient …
6obedience — noun the party leadership wants blind obedience to their policies Syn: compliance, acquiescence, tractability, amenability; dutifulness, duty, deference, observance of the law/rules; submissiveness, submission, conformity, docility, tameness,… …
7obedience — noun Date: 13th century 1. a. an act or instance of obeying b. the quality or state of being obedient 2. a sphere of jurisdiction; especially an ecclesiastical or sometimes secular dominion …
8obedience — noun 1》 compliance with an order or law or submission to another s authority. 2》 observance of a monastic rule. Derivatives obedient adjective obediently adverb Origin ME: via OFr. from L. oboedientia, from oboedire (see obey) …
9obedience plant — noun white flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch • Syn: ↑arrowroot, ↑American arrowroot, ↑Maranta arundinaceae • Hypernyms: ↑maranta …
10passive obedience — noun : absolute obedience or submission of a subject to the authority of a ruler regarded by some political writers as mandatory even when the ruler is bad compare divine right * * * passive obedience Unresisting and unquestioning obedience to… …
