obedience
obedience is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness. Shak.
- 2.(Eccl.) (a) A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope. (b) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior. (c) One of the three monastic vows. Shipley. (d) The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject. Canonical obedience. See under Canonical. -- Passive obedience. See under Passive.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abide
- acknowledge
- acknowledgment
- acquiescence
- acquit
- acquittal
- acquittance
- act
- adhere
- adhesion
- allegiance
- and
- answer
- attend
- bear
- beck
- bidding
- call
- carry
- cling
- come
- command
- compliance
- compliant
- comply
- concurrence
- constancy
- control
- country
- deference
- devoted
- devotion
- dial
- discharge
- done
- ductility
- end
- engagement
- exact
- execute
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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