<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the state or quality of being obedient.</li><li>the act or practice of obeying; dutiful or submissive compliance: Military service demands obedience from its members.</li><li>Synonyms: subservience, deference, submission</li><li>a sphere of authority or jurisdiction, especially ecclesiastical.</li><li>Chiefly Ecclesiastical: conformity to a monastic rule or the authority of a religious superior, especially on the part of one who has vowed such conformance.</li><li>the rule or authority that exacts such conformance.</li></ul>