ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsOobedience
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obedience
Meaning: the quality of complying with rules, orders, or requests
obedience in a sentence
How obedience is used in real sentences:
The dog training class rewarded obedience with small treats.
The new recruits learned that obedience to the training schedule mattered more than raw talent.
“In rehearsal, Mara did not dictate every gesture or demand blind obedience.”
— from the passage Seven Beats Together
Synonyms for obedience
Other words for obedience — compliance and submissiveness — carry the same meaning.
- compliance
- submissiveness
Antonyms of obedience
Words that mean the opposite of obedience:
- defiance
- rebellion
Where it comes from
From Latin oboedientia 'a listening to, compliance'
Word parts
- ob — against, facing
obedience: ob- (toward) + audi (hear)
Memory hook
OBEY-dience — it comes straight from the word obey.