OBEDIENCE


Meaning of OBEDIENCE in English

■ noun

1》 compliance with an order or law or submission to another's authority.

2》 observance of a monastic rule.

Derivatives

obedient adjective

obediently adverb

Origin

ME: via OFr. from L. oboedientia , from oboedire (see obey ).

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