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   obedience

   /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns/

   noun

   • 1. compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority: "children were taught to show their parents obedience"
   • ▪ observance of a monastic rule: "vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin oboedientia, from the verb oboedire (see obey).

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