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obedience en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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/əˈbidiəns/ (US)
/ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns/ (UK)
/oʊˈbidiəns/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English obedience, from Anglo-Norman obedience, from Old French obedience (modern French obédience), from Latin oboedientia. Displaced native Old English hīersumnes (compare modern English hearsomeness). Cognate with obeisance.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The quality of being obedient.
- February 24, 1823, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Mr. Edward Everett Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
- Obedience is essential in any army.
- Cautioning Nobs to silence, and he had learned many lessons in the value of obedience since we had entered Caspak, I slunk forward, taking advantage of whatever cover I could find... 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter VIII, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority.
(countable, uncountable) A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him.
(countable, uncountable) Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
obediences	Number=Plur		lexicographic
oboedience		alternative	lexicographic

Translations (106)

sh poslúšnōst (quality of being obedient) · ca obediència (quality of being obedient) · pl posłuszeństwo (quality of being obedient) · lt paklusnumas (quality of being obedient) · fr obéissance (quality of being obedient) · cmn 百依百順 /百依百顺 (quality of being obedient) · uk поко́ра (quality of being obedient) · uk слухня́ність (quality of being obedient) · sv lydnad (quality of being obedient) · hu engedelmesség (quality of being obedient) · hy հնազանդություն (quality of being obedient) · th การเชื่อฟัง (quality of being obedient) · lt paklusimas (quality of being obedient) · ru послуша́ние (quality of being obedient) · kmr guhdarî (quality of being obedient) · ia obedientia (quality of being obedient) · chr ᎪᎯᏳᎯ (quality of being obedient) · vi sự nghe lời (quality of being obedient) · ga umhlaíocht (quality of being obedient) · eo obeemo (quality of being obedient) · sh pokórnōst (quality of being obedient) · fa فزمانبردای (quality of being obedient) · bg поко́рство (quality of being obedient) · uk послухня́ність (quality of being obedient) · grc πειθαρχία (quality of being obedient) · tg фармонбардорӣ (quality of being obedient) · el υπακοή (quality of being obedient) · mn дуулгавартай байдал (quality of being obedient) · cmn 服從 /服从 (quality of being obedient) · be пако́ра (quality of being obedient) · tg итоат (quality of being obedient) · id kepatuhan (quality of being obedient) · de Gehorsamkeit (quality of being obedient) · nb lydighet (quality of being obedient) · az itaət (quality of being obedient) · he צַיְתָנוּת (quality of being obedient) · ja 服従 (quality of being obedient) · ast obediencia (quality of being obedient) · be пако́рнасць (quality of being obedient) · uz itoat (quality of being obedient) · de Folgsamkeit (quality of being obedient) · arz طاعة (quality of being obedient) · ar طَاعَة (quality of being obedient) · ml അനുസരണം (quality of being obedient) · tr itaatkârlık (quality of being obedient) · ak asoɔmmerɛ (quality of being obedient) · uk покі́рність (quality of being obedient) · sq bindje (quality of being obedient) · hi आज्ञाकारिता (quality of being obedient) · es obediencia (quality of being obedient) · ja 恭順 (quality of being obedient) · cs poslušnost (quality of being obedient) · cy ufudd-dod (quality of being obedient) · tr itaatlilik (quality of being obedient) · ro ascultare (quality of being obedient) · tg итоаткорӣ (quality of being obedient) · ang hīersumnes (quality of being obedient) · sw utii (quality of being obedient) · uz boʻysunish (quality of being obedient) · hi अनुपालन (quality of being obedient) · ar إِطَاعَة (quality of being obedient) · be пако́рлівасць (quality of being obedient) · ky бойсунуучулук (quality of being obedient) · da lydighed (quality of being obedient) · sh поко́рно̄ст (quality of being obedient) · tl pagsunod (quality of being obedient) · it obbedienza (quality of being obedient) · sk poslušnosť (quality of being obedient) · la oboedientia (quality of being obedient) · nl gehoorzaamheid (quality of being obedient) · fi kuuliaisuus (quality of being obedient) · ja 順守 (quality of being obedient) · uk послу́шність (quality of being obedient) · lv rātnība (quality of being obedient) · pt obediência (quality of being obedient) · lv paklausība (quality of being obedient) · grc ὑπακοή (quality of being obedient) · fo lýdni (quality of being obedient) · ka მორჩილება (quality of being obedient) · de Gehorsam (quality of being obedient) · sh послу́шно̄ст (quality of being obedient) · sa अरमति (quality of being obedient) · te విధేయత (quality of being obedient) · kk бағыну (quality of being obedient) · bg подчине́ние (quality of being obedient) · ru поко́рность (quality of being obedient) · fa رامی (quality of being obedient) · ak osetie (quality of being obedient) · et sõnakuulelikkus (quality of being obedient) · fa اطاعت (quality of being obedient) · ur اطاعت (quality of being obedient) · sw taa (quality of being obedient) · yo igboran (quality of being obedient) · mk послушност (quality of being obedient) · kk бағындыру (quality of being obedient) · be паслухмя́насць (quality of being obedient) · ro supunere (quality of being obedient) · ru повинове́ние (quality of being obedient) · ug ئىتائەت (quality of being obedient) · gl obediencia (quality of being obedient) · yi פֿאָלגן (quality of being obedient) · sl poslušnost (quality of being obedient) · ko 복종 (quality of being obedient) · el πειθαρχία (quality of being obedient) · mn дуулгавар (quality of being obedient) · ru подчине́ние (quality of being obedient)

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