obedience
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Definition of obedience
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The quality of being obedient.
“Obedience is essential in any army.”
“February 24, 1823, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Mr. Edward Everett Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.”
“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...”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)The quality of being obedient.
“Obedience is essential in any army.”
“February 24, 1823, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Mr. Edward Everett Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.”
“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...”
- (countable, uncountable)The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority.
- (countable, uncountable)A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him.
- (countable, uncountable)Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
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.
Words you can make from obedience
108 playable · top: BODICE (11 pts)
Best play bodice 11 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
11 words4-letter words
38 words- BICE 8 pts
- BEND 7 pts
- BIDE 7 pts
- BIND 7 pts
- BODE 7 pts
- BOND 7 pts
- CEDE 7 pts
- CEDI 7 pts
- CODE 7 pts
- COED 7 pts
- DECO 7 pts
- DICE 7 pts
- DOBE 7 pts
- ICED 7 pts
- ODIC 7 pts
- BEEN 6 pts
- BENE 6 pts
- BINE 6 pts
- BONE 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CION 6 pts
- COIN 6 pts
- CONE 6 pts
- CONI 6 pts
- EBON 6 pts
- ICON 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- ONCE 6 pts
- DENE 5 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- DINO 5 pts
- DONE 5 pts
- EIDE 5 pts
- NEED 5 pts
- NIDE 5 pts
- NODE 5 pts
- NODI 5 pts
3-letter words
34 words- COB 7 pts
- BED 6 pts
- BID 6 pts
- BOD 6 pts
- COD 6 pts
- DEB 6 pts
- DIB 6 pts
- DOC 6 pts
- BEE 5 pts
- BEN 5 pts
- BIN 5 pts
- BIO 5 pts
- CEE 5 pts
- CON 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- NEB 5 pts
- NIB 5 pts
- NOB 5 pts
- OBE 5 pts
- OBI 5 pts
- DEE 4 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- DIE 4 pts
- DIN 4 pts
- DOE 4 pts
- DON 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- NOD 4 pts
- ODE 4 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
2-letter words
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