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Synonyms for obedience
oʊˈbi di ənsobe·di·ence
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Wiktionary
obediencenoun
Antonyms:
disobedienceobediencenoun
Obedience is essential in any army.
Antonyms:
disobedience
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, subjectionAntonyms:
disaffection, disloyalty, rebellion, sedition, treasonPreposition:
We honor the allegiance of the citizen to the government; the government has a right to allegiance from the citizen.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
obedience
Synonyms:
submission, compliance, subservienceAntonyms:
resistance, rebellion, violation, transgression, antagonism, disobedience
Princeton's WordNet
obedience, obeisancenoun
the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
Synonyms:
respect, bow, bowing, obeisanceAntonyms:
disobedience, noncomplianceobediencenoun
the trait of being willing to obey
Antonyms:
noncompliance, disobedienceobedience, 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, respectfulnessAntonyms:
noncompliance, disobedience
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
obediencenoun
Synonyms:
compliance, submission
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
obediencenoun
Synonyms:
compliance, submission, subservience, dutifulnessAntonyms:
disobedience, incompliance, defiance, revolt, insubordination
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List of paraphrases for "obedience":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1701 | respect | |
#2165 | compliance | |
#3430 | submission | |
#3876 | regard | |
#6335 | bow | |
#10344 | loyalty | |
#12073 | esteem | |
#14320 | obey | |
#15783 | obedience | |
#16050 | devotion | |
#18421 | allegiance | |
#23260 | homage | |
#35828 | deference | |
#39237 | faithfulness | |
#42329 | bowing | |
#59900 | subjection | |
#96086 | fealty | |
#121705 | obeisance | |
#124872 | subservience |
How to use obedience in a sentence?
When state and government have gone, laws must go. People who speak of “laws” in a communistic society, think perhaps only of those general rules of sensible and noble conduct which every good man finds it easy to observe. But in that case they use a wrong word. A law is a rule connected with an apparatus to compel obedience. Behind the law stand the court, the sheriff, the police, the hangman, etc., and who wants them? None, we guess.
Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.
A boy can learn a lot from a dog obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
It’s not up to the courts to decide what marriage is, it’s up to God to decide that. If we are living in obedience to Jesus Christ and the teachings of the Bible we are on the right side of history – no matter what they say.
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.
Translations for obedience
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- طاعةArabic
- паслухмянасцьBelarusian
- покорство, подчинениеBulgarian
- obediènciaCatalan, Valencian
- poslušnostCzech
- ufudd-dodWelsh
- Gehorsamkeit, Gehorsam, FolgsamkeitGerman
- υπακοήGreek
- obeemoEsperanto
- obedienciaSpanish
- sõnakuulelikkusEstonian
- اطاعت, رامیPersian
- kuuliaisuus, tottelevaisuusFinnish
- obéissanceFrench
- umhlaíochtIrish
- obedienciaGalician
- צַיְתָנוּתHebrew
- आज्ञाकारिताHindi
- engedelmességHungarian
- obedientiaInterlingua
- ketaatan, kepatuhanIndonesian
- obbedienzaItalian
- ציותHebrew
- 順守, 服従, 恭順Japanese
- მორჩილიGeorgian
- 복종Korean
- guhdarîKurdish
- obedientiamLatin
- rātnība, paklausībaLatvian
- послушностMacedonian
- дуулгавартай байдалMongolian
- gehoorzaamheidDutch
- lydighetNorwegian
- posłuszeństwoPolish
- obediênciaPortuguese
- ascultareRomanian
- подчинение, повиновение, покорность, послушаниеRussian
- pokornost, покорност, poslušnost, послушностSerbo-Croatian
- poslušnosťSlovak
- poslušnostSlovene
- bindjeAlbanian
- lydnadSwedish
- taaSwahili
- విధేయతTelugu
- การเชื่อฟังThai
- pagsunodTagalog
- itaatTurkish
- itaetUyghur, Uighur
- покора, покірність, послушністьUkrainian
- nghe lờiVietnamese
- פֿאָלגןYiddish
- igboranYoruba
- 服从Chinese
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