obedience
Example Sentences
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According to the organisation's website, Jehovah's Witnesses "avoid taking blood not only in obedience to God, but also out of respect for him as the Giver of life".
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
It felt like he had that level of power, and everyone essentially acquiesced and you had this sort of anticipatory obedience.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
Padrino was one of few close Maduro allies to have remained in the interim government, having sworn "loyalty and absolute obedience" to Rodriguez.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
It is about the importance to society of “obedience to the unenforceable”: “the obedience of a man to that which he cannot be forced to obey.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
And I judge the effectiveness of that job not so much by obedience to rule, for rules can be enforced, but by the humor of the general prison population.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing obedience
The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 2
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"The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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