obediencenoun [ U ]
uk/əˈbiː.di.əns/us/oʊˈbiː.di.əns/the fact that people or animals do what they are told to do:
He demands unquestioning obedience from his soldiers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Obedient and compliant
- accordance
- acquiescent
- adherence
- answer to sb
- be (like) sheep idiom
- clean
- clean up your act idiom
- compliant
- creature
- dutiful
- easy
- follower
- I'm easy idiom
- obedient
- slavish
- slavishly
- subservient
- tie
- tied to your mother's/wife's apron strings idiom
- tractable
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