Meaning

noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person

noun the trait of being willing to obey

noun behavior intended to please your parents

originFrom 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.

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