Obeyance

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    obedience uncountable

    "Poor fellow! how happy would a companion make you, to whom you could relate your battles, bouts, and courtships; but mum is the order, and Jack is used to an implicit obeyance of head-quarter orders."

  2. 2
    abeyance nonstandard, uncountable

    "The disfiguring wrinkles that make many necks unsightly may be kept in obeyance by massaging."

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submission

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"Poor fellow! how happy would a companion make you, to whom you could relate your battles, bouts, and courtships; but mum is the order, and Jack is used to an implicit obeyance of head-quarter orders."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From obey + -ance.

Etymology 2

Misspelling or alteration of abeyance, by association with obey.

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