Definition of obedience

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Obedience (n.) 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..

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Dutiful :: Dutiful (a.) Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject..
Priory :: Priory (n.) A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2..
Sacred :: Sacred (a.) Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof..
Far :: Far (a.) Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated..
Obeisance :: Obeisance (n.) Obedience.
Obediently :: Obediently (adv.) In an obedient manner; with obedience.
Child :: Child (n.) A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc..
Duty :: Duty (n.) Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors..
Nonobedience :: Nonobedience (n.) Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.
Obeisance :: Obeisance (n.) A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy.
Passive :: Passive (a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission..
Obediential :: Obediential (a.) According to the rule of obedience.
Filial :: Filial (a.) Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience..
Subjectist :: Subjection (a.) The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government of another; a state of obedience or submissiveness; as, the safety of life, liberty, and property depends on our subjection to the laws..
Contempt :: Contempt (n.) Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority..
Obedience :: Obedience (n.) One of the three monastic vows.
Obedience :: Obedience (n.) The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject.
Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral right..
Disobeisance :: Disobeisance (n.) Disobedience.
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