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. J. Krishnamurti, Beginnings of Learning:

   In obedience there is always fear, and fear darkens the mind.

2. Anonymous D:

   Obedience is only practiced by the cowardly.

3. Sukhjinder Singh:

   Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it. So Like Justice and Obedience Insurance policies will make our life perfect from all the way.

4. Charles Cooley:

   When one has come to accept a certain course as duty he has a pleasant sense of relief and of lifted responsibility, even if the course involves pain and renunciation. It is like obedience to some external authority; any clear way, though it lead to death, is mentally preferable to the tangle of uncertainty.

5. Johann Most:

   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.