Obedience

n. act of obeying; condition of being obedient and disciplined; submission

The term Obedience can refer to:Obedience (human behavior)Obedience as an evangelical counselObedience training for dogsObedience trial, a dog sportObedience Plant is another name for the herb Arrowroot.
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Noun
1. the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
(synonym) obeisance
(antonym) disobedience, noncompliance
(hypernym) submission, compliance
(hyponym) truckling
(derivation) obey
2. the trait of being willing to obey
(antonym) disobedience
(hypernym) tractability, tractableness, flexibility
(hyponym) submissiveness
(attribute) obedient
(derivation) obey
3. behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes"
(synonym) respect
(hypernym) filial duty

n. obedience, allegiance

(n.)
Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness.
  

(n.)
The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject.
  

(n.)
The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.
  

(n.)
One of the three monastic vows.
  

(n.)
A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope.
  

(n.)
A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.