Synonyms for obedience
oʊˈbi di ənsobe·di·ence

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1. obediencenoun

   Antonyms:
   disobedience

2. obediencenoun

   Obedience is essential in any army.

   Antonyms:
   disobedience

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1. obedience

   Allegiance is the obligation of fidelity and obedience that an individual owes to his government or sovereign, in return for the protection he receives. The feudal uses of these words have mostly passed away with the state of society that gave them birth; but their origin still colors their present meaning. A patriotic American feels an enthusiastic loyalty to the republic; he takes, on occasion, an oath of allegiance to the government, but his loyalty will lead him to do more than mere allegiance could demand; he pays homage to God alone, as the only king and lord, or to those principles of right that are spiritually supreme; he acknowledges the duty of obedience to all rightful authority; he resents the idea of subjection. Fealty is becoming somewhat rare, except in elevated or poetic style. We prefer to speak of the faithfulness rather than the fealty of citizen, wife, or friend.

   Synonyms:
   allegiance, devotion, faithfulness, fealty, homage, loyalty, subjection

   Antonyms:
   disaffection, disloyalty, rebellion, sedition, treason

   Preposition:
   We honor the allegiance of the citizen to the government; the government has a right to allegiance from the citizen.

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1. obedience

   Synonyms:
   submission, compliance, subservience

   Antonyms:
   resistance, rebellion, violation, transgression, antagonism, disobedience

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1. obedience, obeisancenoun

   the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person

   Synonyms:
   respect, bow, bowing, obeisance

   Antonyms:
   disobedience, noncompliance

2. obediencenoun

   the trait of being willing to obey

   Synonyms:
   respect, obeisance

   Antonyms:
   noncompliance, disobedience

3. obedience, respectnoun

   behavior intended to please your parents

   "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes"

   Synonyms:
   esteem, respect, deference, regard, obeisance, respectfulness

   Antonyms:
   noncompliance, disobedience

Matched Categories

1. • Submission
   • Tractability

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1. obediencenoun

   Synonyms:
   compliance, submission

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1. obediencenoun

   Synonyms:
   compliance, submission, subservience, dutifulness

   Antonyms:
   disobedience, incompliance, defiance, revolt, insubordination

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1. List of paraphrases for "obedience":

   obeisance, obey, allegiance

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How to use obedience in a sentence?

1. Thomas Jefferson:

   Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

2. William Hendrikson (1911-1982):

   "Harmony, accordingly, has been restored. Peace was made. Through Christ and his cross the universe is brought back or restored to its proper relationship to God in the sense that as a just reward for his obedience Christ was exalted to the Father’s right hand, from which position of authority and power He rules the entire universe in the interest of the church and to the glory of God." (on Colossians 1:20)

3. Michael Gove:

   The 'In' campaign want us to believe that Britain is beaten and broken ... (It) imagines that the people of this country are mere children, capable of being frightened into obedience by conjuring up new bogeymen every night.

4. Frank Pomeroy:

   I have many reasons why not to do this. But I feel like out of duty and out of obedience to what the Lord has called me to do, and then, to use the talents that I just shared with you guys, the talents that God has given me to glorify him. I feel compelled.

5. Chris Massaro:

   I've been sweating constantly and that's frustrating, I got to be honest, i enjoy the schedule, but there are parts of the schedule I don't like -- and that's a good thing. It works on obedience.