obedience

About 7.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The quality of being obedient.

   Obedience is essential in any army.

2. noun The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority.
3. noun A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him.
4. noun Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction.

Similar words

respect obey compliance allegiance submission obeisance bid subservience docility conformity

Often followed by

to and of is in from was which by

Word family

obediences