Obedience

/oʊˈbidiəns/

Synonyms for "obedience" (103 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Noun(3 words)

acceptance accommodation accord accordance acquiescence adaptability adaptation adaption adjustment agreeability agreeableness agreement allegiance amenability assent complaisance compliance

Verb(1 words)

compel compliance

Strong matches (31)

Noun(9 words)

compliance compliancy conformity coweringdirection followingdutifulness harkening hearsomeness heeling

conformance conformationconformation other-directionconformity congruity consent consistency conventionality correspondence deference docility dutifulness faith fealty flexibility harmony homage humbleness humility keeping

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kneeling

Verb(1 words)

follow to the letter

Related words (51)

Noun(10 words)

kowtowing obeisance officialismprocedure adherencerespectrespect for authoritystrict adherencesubmitting subordinationvoluntary compliance

line loyalty malleability meekness nonopposal nonopposition nonresistancenonviolent resistanceobeisance observance orthodoxypassive resistancepassiveness passivity piety pliancy quakerism quietism reconcilement reconciliation

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resignation resignedness respect respectfulness service servility strictness subjection submission submissiveness submittal subservience supineness tractability traditionalism uncomplainingness uniformity willingness yielding

Verb(2 words)

obey instructionsuphold a rule

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More general

6 entries

compliancefilial dutyflexibility submission tractability tractableness

Antonyms

1 entries

disobedience

Sample sentences

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We should always act in obedience to the law.

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Don't interpret their silence as obedience.

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They enforced obedience upon us.

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Through obedience learn to command.

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