Obedience

Definition of obedience:

part of speech: noun

State of being obedient: compliance with what is required: dutifulness.

part of speech: noun

Act or state of yielding to control; submission to authority.

Usage examples for obedience:

• What have you both done to make the people so angry, because I have been told that the people are subject to your majesty, and that they owe you obedience and respect? "Marie Antoinette And Her Son", Louise Muhlbach Official.

• She also informed Mrs Mackenzie that, in obedience to instructions from Mr Slow, she intended to postpone her purpose with reference to the hospital till some time early in the next year. "Miss Mackenzie", Anthony Trollope.

• To look for perfect order and obedience is to look for what never comes. "Home Scenes, and Home Influence A Series of Tales and Sketches", T. S. Arthur.

• An example of obedience in one's calling is here presented. "The Apology of the Augsburg Confession", Philip Melanchthon.