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# obedience

«obedience» in Mova's school dictionary: **told by someone in charge, or following rules and laws** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (obedience, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Doing what you are told by someone in charge, or following rules and laws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obedience/#m1)

2) (church, Bible) Christians believe obedience to God means following God's commands; Abraham and Mary are examples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obedience/#m2)

3) (animals) Training a dog to follow commands: «obedience classes». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obedience/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In ethics lessons pupils discuss when obedience is right and when it is wrong to obey (for example, if someone asks you to do something harmful). In religion lessons Noah's obedience in building the ark and Jesus's obedience to the Father are key. Phrases: «in obedience to», «blind obedience», «dog obedience classes», «vow of obedience».

### examples

- Our puppy is going to obedience classes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obedience/#x1)
- Noah built the ark in obedience to God. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obedience/#x2)
- Monks and nuns make a vow of obedience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obedience/#x3)
- The soldiers showed complete obedience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obedience/#x4)
- Blind obedience can be dangerous if the order is wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obedience/#x5)
- Obedience to safety rules keeps everyone safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obedience/#x6)
- They, in obedience to their king's order, continued to supply him with provisions and water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obedience/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: obedient; verb: obey; opposite: disobedience. Pronounced oh-BEE-dee-ence. Spelling: -ence ending.

### In the corpora

- [Athens loved debate, trade, art and its navy; Sparta loved discipline, obedience and its army.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/11-ancient-greece-city-states-athens-and-sparta/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «obedience» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obedience/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.