obedience — ONAD

obedience /əˈbēdēəns, , əˈbidiəns

, ōˈbēdēəns, oʊˈbidiəns

▸ noun compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority:

children were taught to show their parents obedience

obedience to moral standards.

▪ observance of a monastic rule:

vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

– PHRASES
in obedience to
in accordance with:

he was acting in obedience to his conscience.

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