obedience (n.)
1.the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
2.the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable
3.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"
4.the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
5.the trait of being willing to obey
obedience (n.)
↗ compliant, docile, manipulable, meek, obey, pliant, tractable, willing ≠ disobedience, intractability, intractableness, noncompliance
obedience (n.)
acquiescence, compliance, conformability, conformity, deference, docility, meekness, obeisance, orthodoxy, respect, submission, submissiveness, surrender, tractability, willingness