Obedience

What is obedience?

Obedience is an act or instance of obeying. Listening to one and doing as they. Simply following the rules. Or following a command without questioning it (or questioning it, but doing it anyway regardless).

Synonyms:

Compliance

 Conformity

 Submission

 Subordination

<The drill sergeant demanded complete and unquestioning obedience from the recruits>

<The cowardly obedience with which the dictator's henchmen followed his every command>

<An obedient student would be quiet, the moment his/her teacher told him to do so, even if he/she really wanted to continue talking across the classroom.>