Definitions of obedience

1. 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"

2. The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.

3. Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness.

4. 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.

5. One of the three monastic vows.

6. The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject.

7. Act or state of yielding to control; submission to authority.

8. State of being obedient: compliance with what is required: dutifulness.

9. State of being obedient; compliance with a command enjoined by authority; dutifulness. Passive obedience, implicit obedience to kingly authority, whether legal or illegal.

10. A willing compliance with what is required; submission to authority.