obedience

o·be·di·ence  (-bd-ns)

n.

1.

a. The quality or condition of being obedient.

b. The act of obeying.

2.

a. A sphere of ecclesiastical authority.

b. A group of people under such authority.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	obedience - the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person obeisance submission, compliance - the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another truckling - the act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons) disobedience, noncompliance - the failure to obey
	2.	obedience - the trait of being willing to obey tractability, tractableness, flexibility - the trait of being easily persuaded submissiveness - the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc. disobedience - the trait of being unwilling to obey
	3.	obedience - behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes" respect filial duty - duty of a child to its parents

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obedience

noun compliance, yielding, submission, respect, conformity, reverence, deference, observance, subservience, submissiveness, docility, complaisance, tractability, dutifulness, conformability << OPPOSITE disobedience

Translations

obedience [əˈbiːdɪəns] n → obediencia;

in obedience to → de acuerdo con

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obedience [əˈbiːdɪəns] n → obéissance f;

in obedience to → conformément à

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obedience [əˈbiːdɪəns] n → Gehorsam m;

in obedience to → gemäß +dat

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obedience [əˈbiːdɪəns] n → ubbidienza;

in obedience to → conformemente a