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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations

[ English

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[ Etymology

From Anglo-Norman obedience, obedienz etc. and Old French obedience (modern French obédience), from Latin oboedientia.

[ Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns/
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[ Noun

Singular obedience

Plural uncountable

obedience (uncountable)

1. The quality of being obedient.

   Obedience is essential in any army.

[ Translations

quality of being obedient

Albanian: bindje Arabic: الطاعة (aʈ-ʈāʕa) f. Bosnian: poslušnost f. Bulgarian: подчинение (podčinenie) n. Chinese: 百依百顺 (bǎiyībǎishùn) Croatian: pokornost f. Czech: poslušnost f. Dutch: gehoorzaamheid f. Esperanto: obeemo Estonian: sõnakuulelikkus Finnish: kuuliaisuus French: obéissance f. Georgian: მორჩილი (morč’ili) German: Gehorsam m. Greek: υπακοή (ipakoí) Hebrew: צַיְתָנוּת (tzaytanut) Hindi: agya palana, pharmabaradari Hungarian: engedelmesség Indonesian: kepatuhan Irish: umhlaíocht Italian: obbedienza f. Japanese: 従順 (じゅうじゅん) (jūjun) Korean: 복종 (bokjong)

Latvian: paklausība Mongolian: дуулгавартай байдал (duulgavartay baydal) Norwegian: lydighet Persian: رامی (râmi) Polish: posłuszeństwo n. Portuguese: obediência f. Romanian: ascultare Russian: послушание (poslušánije) n. Serbian: покорност (pokornost) f. Slovak: poslušnosť f. Spanish: obediencia f. Swahili: taa Swedish: lydnad c. Tagalog: pagsunod Telugu: విధేయత (vidhaeyata) Thai: การเชื่อฟัง (gaan chêua fang) Turkish: itaat Ukrainian: покірність (pokírnist’) f. Uyghur: itaet Vietnamese: sự nghe lời Welsh: ufudd-dod Yiddish: פֿאָלגן (folgn) Yoruba: igboran