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[oh-bee-dee-uhns]

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noun

the state or quality of being obedient.

the act or practice of obeying; dutiful or submissive compliance: Military service demands obedience from its members.

a sphere of authority or jurisdiction, especially ecclesiastical.

Chiefly Ecclesiastical.

conformity to a monastic rule or the authority of a religious superior, especially on the part of one who has vowed such conformance.

the rule or authority that exacts such conformance.

Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English < Old French < Latin oboedientia. See obedient, -ence

Related forms

o·ver·o·be·di·ence, noun

pre·o·be·di·ence, noun

su·per·o·be·di·ence, noun

Synonyms
2. submission, subservience, deference.

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Example Sentences

Obedience is given to those who, in their hierarchical roles, demand it.

Chua's method centers on the children's unquestioning obedience to parents and teachers.

Traditional armies drill unquestioning obedience into their grunts.

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Obedience is given to those who, in their hierarchical roles, demand it.

Chua's method centers on the children's unquestioning obedience to parents and teachers.

Traditional armies drill unquestioning obedience into their grunts.

The dogs must be mild mannered, know basic obedience commands, and enjoy meeting new people.

Dogs may be able to understand far more words than a typical owner teaches them during obedience training.

Allen received stark lessons in simulated obedience.

Fashion called for more severely plain designs than had been in vogue, and the designers had to give her a blind obedience.

Obedience and training centers will replace community college curriculums.

It marked a breach in the structure of willing obedience that, once made, could only widen.

Nicole also works part time as dog trainer, teaching basic obedience.

If that's the stick then the carrot is the reward of eternal bliss in exchange for absolute obedience.

As my isolation increased, so did my worry that my obedience would not be rewarded with a tenure-track job.

State television interpreted this as a sign of obedience.

All who knew him could not believe the level of training and obedience he had.

Milgram conducted his series of stunning experiments, psychologists are revisiting his findings on the nature of obedience.

It all comes under the heading of duty, self-sacrifice, and obedience.

Oh and obedience among men and women is highly valued in this society.

We've even tried obedience schools, that has told us the same thing.

One important dimension concerns freedom vs obedience.

It is as process that breeds, in the worse ways, obedience.

In return, the beneficiaries were required to serve the great party patriarch with loyalty and obedience.

He patiently taugh me the basics of obedience training, dealing mostly with some mild leash work and praise.

Power has to make it clear that obedience is absolute, not rational.

Of the three, he has the best combination of smarts and obedience.

Obedience to authority leads to a total absence of morality.

And traditional obedience training didn't help the situation.

Or could it be that the only and true alternative would require obedience.

As the steamer approaches the place the bell tolls, in obedience to a custom.

Perhaps the fembot's allure resides in her ability to walk the line between total obedience and unfathomable power.

He said later that the decision strained his vow of obedience almost to breaking point.

Make the dog perform some form of obedience for you prior to recieving any.

It is a strict order, imposing severe rules of silence and obedience.

Ears, lips, noses and limbs are sliced to teach obedience.

The slightest delay in obedience is disobedience and will always be severely punished.

Most boys have a harder time adjusting to the emphasis on structure and obedience.

And god knows there is a good deal of obedience required.

Never saw it in the basic obedience books along with sit/down/stay.

Epstein creates another intelligible image--indecisive, drawn between duty and revulsion, between obedience and contempt.

It must then make fewer turns per second, in obedience to a law of physics called the conservation of magnetic moment.

She has sent her to obedience school with no success.

Churches are places where people go to be spoon fed ideology and give unquestioning obedience in return.

Dalmatians need obedience training and room to exercise, breeders say.

But they create anxiety and instil obedience simply by existing.

Perhaps the reason that they were not mentioned is that obedience to those laws is not a voluntary matter.

For me homeownership isn't about speculation or investment but consumption and obedience.

The concept behind it is that dedication only comes through abject obedience.

Dictators have the tendency to coerce their subjects into absolute obedience and capitulation and to stifle voices of dissent.

Milgram's obedience studies show that good people do bad things because of human nature to obey trusted authority figures.

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World English Dictionary

obedience (əˈbiːdɪəns)

—n
1.	the condition or quality of being obedient
2.	the act or an instance of obeying; dutiful or submissive behaviour
3.	the authority vested in a Church or similar body
4.	See also passive obedience the collective group of persons submitting to this authority

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Word Origin & History

obedience

in reference to dog training is attested from 1930; from L. obedientia, from obediens (see obedient).

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