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obeisance
  1. Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.
  2. An obedient attitude.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “At last, however, he came into the presence of Finn and louted before him, doing obeisance.”
      “The ambassador looked upon his faux obeisance before the king as a necessary bit of playacting.”
      “She offered it as obeisance to the Lord Brihadeeswara, presiding deity of the temple.”
obediency
  1. Obedience, the quality of being obedient.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Her obediency to her parents' rules was evident in her unwavering commitment to following them without question.”
obeisancy
  1. Alternative form of obeisance
  2. Examples:
    1. “The attitude of obeisancy to seniors and of insolency to juniors sits not well upon a gentleman.”
obedience
  1. The quality of being obedient.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They promised to be the queen's perpetual allies, and that, after the French were driven out of Scotland, they would continue their obedience to their queen.”
      “An employer who treats his employees unjustly might thereby lose whatever claim he had to their obedience to the rules he lays down for their working lives.”
      “The Border is a hunter, earth dog, show dog and obedience dog, a whiz at agility trials, ratting in the barns and tracking.”
obeisaunce
  1. Obsolete form of obeisance.
obedientness
obedienciary
  1. (obsolete) One yielding obedience.
obeyer
  1. One who obeys.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Rather than being a perfectly virtuous moral agent, it seems to me that an uncaring, robot-like obeyer of duty is morally bankrupt.”
      “Nay, the matter of the command may be sinful in the commander, and not in the obeyer.”
      “He is usually portrayed as a plodder, an obeyer of rules and regulations.”
obedienciaries
  1. plural of obedienciary
obeisaunces
  1. plural of obeisaunce
obediences
obeisances
  1. plural of obeisance
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the beginning of that book he has offered his obeisances to his different gurus, and it is to be noted that he has adored them all equally.”
      “The slaves collapsed into reverential obeisances as the angelic flight passed overhead.”
      “I offer repeated obeisances unto Lord Krishna, who is the protector and well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas.”
obediencies
obeisancies
  1. plural of obeisancy
obeyers
  1. plural of obeyer
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