Definition of obediences in English

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obediences, noun, plural of obedience.

WordNet

Noun Plural: obedience
obedience - the trait of being willing to obey
		disobedience the failure to obey
		obedient dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke
		disobedient not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"
		tractability, tractableness, flexibility the trait of being easily persuaded
obedience - the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
		obeisance
		noncompliance, disobedience the failure to obey
		compliance, submission the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
obedience - 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"
		respect
		filial duty duty of a child to its parents

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Wiktionary

obedience (Noun)
The quality of being obedient.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

obedience (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.
obedience (n.)
Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness.
obedience (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.
obedience (n.)
A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.
obedience (n.)
One of the three monastic vows.
obedience (n.)
The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

obedience
yield of instructions from an authority figure

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

obedience
ō-bē′di-ens, n. state of being obedient: willingness to obey commands: dutifulness: the collective body of persons subject to any particular authority: a written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him: any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction.—adjs. Obē′dient, willing to obey; Obēdien′tial, submissive: obligatory.—adv. Obē′diently.—Canonical obedience, the obedience, as regulated by the canons, of an ecclesiastic to another of higher rank; Passive obedience, unresisting and unquestioning obedience to authority, like that taught by some Anglican divines as due even to faithless and worthless kings like Charles II. and James II

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

obedience
(Fr. obéissance). Submission to the orders of a superior. The first principle which ought to be inculcated and impressed upon the mind of every officer and soldier is obedience to all lawful commands. It is the mainspring, the soul and essence of military duty. It is evident that if all officers and soldiers are to judge when an order is lawful and when not, the captious and mutinous would never be at loss for a plea to justify their insubordination. It is, therefore, an established principle, that unless an order is so manifestly against law that the question does not admit of dispute, the order must first be obeyed by the inferior, and he must subsequently seek such redress against his superior as the laws allow. If the inferior disputes the legality before obedience, error of judgment is never admitted in mitigation of the offense. The redress now afforded by the laws to inferiors is not, however, sufficient; for doubtful questions of the construction of statutes, instead of being referred to the Federal courts of law for their true exposition, have received variable expositions from the executive, and left the army in an unfortunate state of uncertainty as to the true meaning of certain laws; and this uncertainty has been most unfavorable to discipline. Again, while the punishment of death is meted to officers and soldiers for disobedience of lawful commands, the law does not protect officers and soldiers for obeying unlawful commands. Instances have occurred in the United States, where officers and soldiers have been subjected to vexatious prosecutions, simply for obeying orders according to their oath of office. Would it not be just if the law, instead of requiring officers and soldiers thus nicely to steer between Scylla and Charybdis, should hold the superior who gives an illegal order alone responsible for its execution?