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obedience

/ obedience /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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"
Type of:
filial duty
noun Sense 2
the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
Opposites:
disobedience noncompliance
Type of:
submission compliance
Kinds of:
truckling
Derived:
obey
noun Sense 3
the trait of being willing to obey
Opposites:
disobedience
Type of:
tractability tractableness flexibility
Kinds of:
submissiveness
Derived:
obey
Semantic Complexity
56%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
13
Times Searched
2
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filial duty submission compliance truckling disobedience noncompliance tractability tractableness flexibility submissiveness