obedience
UK/ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns//oʊˈbidiəns/
obedience noun: the quality of being obedient.
Noun
obedience (countable and uncountable, plural obediences)
- The quality of being obedient.
- Obedience is essential in any army.
- February 24, 1823, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Mr. Edward Everett
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
- The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority.
- A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him.
- Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction.
obedience meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
obedience in Hindi
- quality of being obedient
- अनुपालन anupālan, आज्ञाकारिता ājñākāritā
obedience in Tamil
- கீழ்ப்படிதல், கீழ்ப்படிவு, பணிவு
obedience in Marathi
- आज्ञापालन, आज्ञाधारकता, आज्ञाधारकपणा
obedience in Urdu
- quality of being obedient
- اطاعت itā'at
More languagesFewer languages
- obedience in Bengali
- অনুগত্যের গুণ, অবস্থা, কর্তৃত্বাধীন ব্যক্তিদের সম্মিলিত দল
- obedience in Telugu
- విధేయత vidhēyata
- obedience in Malayalam
- അനുസരണം anusaraṇaṁ
- obedience in Kannada
- ವಿಧೇಯತೆ, ನಮ್ರತೆ, ಹೇಳಿದಂತೆ ಕೇಳುವಿಕೆ, ನಿಯಮ ಪಾಲನೆ
- obedience in Punjabi
- ਆਗਿਆਕਾਰਤਾ
- obedience in Gujarati
- આજ્ઞાપાલન, આજ્ઞાકારીતા, આજ્ઞાકારિતા
- obedience in Odia
- ଆଜ୍ଞାବହତା, ଆଜ୍ଞାପାଲନ
- obedience in Sanskrit
- अरमति aramati
- obedience in Nepali
- आज्ञाकारिता, आज्ञाकारीता
- obedience in Tagalog
- pagsunod
- obedience in Arabic
- طَاعَة ṭāʕa, إِطَاعَة ʔiṭāʕa
- obedience in Indonesian
- kepatuhan
- obedience in Persian
- رامی râmi, اطاعت etâ'at, فزمانبردای farmānbordārī
- obedience in Thai
- การเชื่อฟัง gaan-chʉ̂ʉa-fang
- obedience in Vietnamese
- sự nghe lời
Examples of obedience in a sentence
- He had to have obedience knocked into him.
- Disempowered staff develop a 'sullen obedience' where they stop driving new initiatives and just await orders.
- He genuinely swore obedience, and sees himself as a traitor when he commits the deeds.
Synonyms of obedience
Antonyms
Forms of obedience
| plural | obediences |
|---|---|
| alternative form | oboedience |
Origin of obedience
From Middle English obedience, from Anglo-Norman obedience, from Old French obedience (modern French obédience), from Latin oboedientia. Displaced native Old English hīersumnes (compare modern English hearsomeness). Cognate with obeisance.
Words formed from obedience
Questions about obedience
- What does obedience mean?
- Obedience means the quality of being obedient.
- What is obedience in Hindi?
- Obedience in Hindi is अनुपालन (anupālan), आज्ञाकारिता (ājñākāritā). See Obedience meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is obedience?
- Obedience is a noun.
- How do you pronounce obedience?
- Obedience is pronounced /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of obedience?
- The plural of obedience is obediences.
Words near obedience in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: obedience (page history and authors); obedience (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obedience (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); obedience (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obedience (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obedience (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); obedience (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); obedience (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); obedience (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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