Dictionary Entry
obedience
obedience is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.
- 2noun
Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness.
- 3noun
A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope.
- 4noun
A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.
- 5noun
One of the three monastic vows.
- 6noun
The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject.
- 7noun
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"
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- 8noun
the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
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- 9noun
the trait of being willing to obey
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