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.>
