Antonyms 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.

   Antonyms:
   disaffection, disloyalty, rebellion, sedition, treason

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

   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

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

   Synonyms:
   submission, compliance, subservience

Matched Categories

1. • Submission
   • Tractability

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. obedience, obeisancenoun

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

   Antonyms:
   disobedience, noncompliance

   Synonyms:
   respect, bow, bowing, obeisance

2. obediencenoun

   the trait of being willing to obey

   Antonyms:
   noncompliance, disobedience

   Synonyms:
   respect, obeisance

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"

   Antonyms:
   noncompliance, disobedience

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

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1. obediencenoun

   Antonyms:
   disobedience, incompliance, defiance, revolt, insubordination

   Synonyms:
   compliance, submission, subservience, dutifulness

How to use obedience in a sentence?

1. Mickey Mehta:

   To have sound ears listen to what this existence has to say and harmonize your life, so be a good listener and MickeyMize your life. Share with as many to volunteer obedience to the laws of mother nature.

2. Howard Zinn:

   Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders and millions have been killed because of this obedience. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves and the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.

3. Mary Caroline Richards:

   It is for each of us freely to choose whom we shall serve, and find in that obedience our freedom.

4. John Kirby:

   The President conflates the obedience of the troops with political alignment and does not realize they are not political supporters of The President, they are subordinates.

5. Merlin Figama Worshipper:

   The dogma of religion is love, and love is obedience to creationism.

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