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obeisance

[oh-bey-suhns, oh-bee-] / oʊˈbeɪ səns, oʊˈbi- /


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His “gruff” father had little time for such infantilizing obeisance and would resist as best he could.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

But the demands for obeisance from everyone around him, foreign and domestic, aren't new.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2025

Instead — as happens recurrently in this fierce, intelligent movie — grown-ups get in the way, blinkered by their obeisance to rules, regulations and pedagogical imperatives.

From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2022

Johnson and McConnell both paid obeisance to the notion that “we should not default on our debt under any circumstances,” as Johnson’s pledge states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2021

In fact, it was often hard to see what the function of management was, other than to exact obeisance.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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