Definitions
behavior intended to please your parents
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“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...”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Doing as told”9 letters
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