obedience

obedience
/oh bee"dee euhns/, n.
1. the state or quality of being obedient.
2. the act or practice of obeying; dutiful or submissive compliance: Military service demands obedience from its members.
3. a sphere of authority or jurisdiction, esp. ecclesiastical.
4. Chiefly Eccles.
a. conformity to a monastic rule or the authority of a religious superior, esp. on the part of one who has vowed such conformance.
b. the rule or authority that exacts such conformance.
[1150-1200; ME < OF < L oboedientia. See OBEDIENT, -ENCE]
Syn. 2. submission, subservience, deference.

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