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Definitions for: Obedience
[n] 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"
[n] the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
[n] the trait of being willing to obey
Webster (1913) Definition: O*be"di*ence, n. [F. ob['e]dience, L. obedientia,
oboedientia. See Obedient, and cf.Obeisance.]
1. The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient;
compliance with that which is required by authority;
subjection to rightful restraint or control.
Government must compel the obedience of individuals.
--Ames.
2. Words or actions denoting submission to authority;
dutifulness. --Shak.
3. (Eccl.)
(a) 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.
(b) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by
a prior.
(c) One of the three monastic vows. --Shipley.
(d) The written precept of a superior in a religious order
or congregation to a subject.
Canonical obedience. See under Canonical.
Passive obedience. See under Passive.
Synonyms: obeisance, respect
Antonyms: disobedience, disobedience, noncompliance
See Also: compliance, filial duty, flexibility, submission, submissiveness, tractability, tractableness, truckling
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