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obedience (noun)

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  • obedience — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, perfect, strict (AmE), total ▪ He demands absolute obedience from his men. ▪ blind, passive …   Collocations dictionary

  • obedience — (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 …   Etymology dictionary

  • obedience — obedient ► ADJECTIVE ▪ willing to obey an order or submit to another s authority. DERIVATIVES obedience noun obediently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin oboedire obey …   English terms dictionary

  • obedience — 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 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • obedience — noun /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns/ The quality of being obedient. Obedience is essential in any army. Ant: disobedience See Also: obey, obedient …   Wiktionary

  • obedience — 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,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • obedience — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • obedience — 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) …   English new terms dictionary

  • obedience plant — noun white flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch • Syn: ↑arrowroot, ↑American arrowroot, ↑Maranta arundinaceae • Hypernyms: ↑maranta …   Useful english dictionary

  • passive 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… …   Useful english dictionary

  • obedience — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Submission to authority Nouns 1. obedience, compliance; submission, nonresistance; malleability, tractability, ductility; acquiescence, observance; obsequiousness, servility. See subjection. 2.… …   English dictionary for students

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