obedience
noun
[ əˈbiːdɪəns ]
• compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority.
• "children were taught to show their parents obedience"
Similar:
compliance,
acquiescence,
tractability,
tractableness,
amenability,
dutifulness,
deference,
duty,
respect,
respectfulness,
observance of the law/rules,
discipline,
biddableness,
duteousness,
malleability,
pliability,
conformity,
conformance,
conformability,
submissiveness,
submission,
docility,
tameness,
meekness,
passivity,
passiveness,
subservience,
obsequiousness,
servility,
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin oboedientia, from the verb oboedire (see obey).
in obedience to
• in accordance with.
• "he was acting in obedience to his conscience"
