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obedience has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is disobedience.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
the trait of being willing to obey
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for obedience come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
behavior intended to please your parents
“their children were never very strong on obedience”