obedience, respect
(noun) 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”
obedience, obeisance
(noun) the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
obedience
(noun) the trait of being willing to obey
Source: WordNet® 3.1
obedience (countable and uncountable, plural obediences)
The quality of being obedient.
The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority.
A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him.
Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction.
• hearsomeness (nonce word)
• submission
• disobedience, defiance, rebellion (ignoring)
• violation (ignoring, especially rules)
• control, dominance (ruling)
Source: Wiktionary
O*be"di*ence, n. Etym: [F. obédience, L. obedientia, oboedientia. See Obedient, and cf.Obeisance.]
1. The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control. Government must compel the obedience of individuals. Ames.
2. Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness. Shak.
3. (Eccl.) (a) 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. (b) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior. (c) One of the three monastic vows. Shipley. (d) The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject. Canonical obedience. See under Canonical.
– Passive obedience. See under Passive.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 June 2025
(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
