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obedience

Roget-categorie 743

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
5.6. General intersocial volition
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#743. Obedience

zelfstandig naamwoord

obedienceobservance etc. 772compliancesubmission etc. 725subjection etc. 749nonresistancepassiveness, resignation.
allegiance, loyalty, fealty, homage, deference, devotionconstancy, fidelity.
submissness, submissivenessductility etc. (softness) 324obsequiousness etc. (servility) 886.

werkwoord

be obedient etc. adj. — obey, bear obedience tosubmit etc. 725comply, answer the helm, come at one's calldo one's bidding, do what one is told, do suit and serviceattend to orders, serve faithfully.
follow the lead of, follow to the world's endserve etc. 746play second fiddle.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

obedientcomplying, compliantloyal, faithful, devotedat one's call, at one's command, at one's orders, at one's beck and callunder beck and call, under control.
restrainableresigned, passivesubmissive etc. 725henpeckedpliant etc. (soft) 324.
unresisted.

bijwoord

obediently etc. adj. — in compliance with, in obedience to.

uitdrukking

to hear is to obeyas you please, if you pleaseyour wish is my commandas you wishno sooner said than done.

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