Obedience Meaning
/ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe quality of being obedient.
nounThe collective body of persons subject to any particular authority.
Sentence Examples
We should always act in obedience to the law.
Don't interpret their silence as obedience.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The well-trained dog showed perfect ____ by sitting and staying when commanded.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The dog trainer emphasized the importance of ____ training for all young puppies.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English obedience, from Anglo-Norman obedience, from Old French obedience (modern French obédience), from Latin oboedientia. Displaced native Old English hīersumnes (compare modern English hearsomeness). Cognate with obeisance.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Cautioning Nobs to silence, and he had learned many lessons in the value of obedience since we had entered Caspak, I slunk forward, taking advantage of whatever cover I could find..."
— 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter VIII, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The well-trained dog showed perfect ____ by sitting and staying when commanded.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The dog trainer emphasized the importance of ____ training for all young puppies.