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What is the verb for obedience?

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obey
  1. (transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
  2. (intransitive) To do as one is told.
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
  4. Synonyms:
      5. follow, observe, comply, respect, heed, fulfil, fulfill, keep, mind, accept, embrace, conform, assent, accord, acquiesce, accede, concur, comply with, conform to, adhere to, respond to, abide by, submit to, act in accordance with, agree to, keep to, consent to, stick to, acquiesce in, hold to, toe the line, goose-step to, knuckle under, act upon, live by, be ruled by, give way, give in, play it by the book, do what one is told, do one's bidding, be loyal to, cave in, get into line, take orders, come to heel, hold fast, do as one says, do as you are told, do one's duty … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Public officials are required to obey the traffic laws, subject to certain exceptions in reference to drivers of authorized emergency vehicles.”
      “Captain Harper shouted out orders to his crew, who rushed to obey his commands.”
      “No man was longer required to obey his King, he was indeed encouraged to fight against him.”
obeys
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obey
  2. Synonyms:
      3. follows, observes, complies, respects, heeds, fulfils, fulfills, keeps, minds, accepts, embraces, conforms, assents, accords, acquiesces, accedes, concurs, complies with, conforms to, adheres to, responds to, abides by, submits to, acts in accordance with, agrees to, keeps to, consents to, sticks to, acquiesces in, holds to, toes the line, goose-steps to, knuckles under, acts upon, lives by, gives way, gives in, plays it by the book, does what one is told, does one's bidding, caves in, gets into line, takes orders, comes to heel, holds fast, does as one says, does as you are told, does one's duty, gets in line, plays second fiddle … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Considerations of the kinetic theory apart, Perrin was able to establish that the density of Brownian particles obeys the gas laws.”
      “He meekly obeys when he is told by this blowsy female partner to take a small child on a visit to his mother in a distant town.”
      “The law of rhythm obeys the law of averages, thereby insuring us against continuous bad luck.”
obeyest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of obey
obeyeth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of obey
obeyedst
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of obey
obeyed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of obey
  2. Synonyms:
      3. followed, observed, complied, respected, heeded, fulfilled, kept, minded, accepted, embraced, conformed, assented, accorded, acquiesced, acceded, concurred, complied with, conformed to, adhered to, responded to, abided by, submitted to, acted in accordance with, agreed to, kept to, consented to, stuck to, acquiesced in, held to, toed the line, goose-stepped to, knuckled under, acted upon, lived by, gave way, given way, gave in, given in, played it by the book, did what one is told, done what one is told, did one's bidding, done one's bidding, caved in, got into line, took orders, taken orders, came to heel, come to heel, held fast … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She was pretty surprised that he actually obeyed her, and managed to hide her smile.”
      “Sarah insisted for Alli to come out of the pool and follow her inside as she fixed dinner, and after some more whining the girl obeyed.”
      “The son of a wealthy Greek businessman, he expected his command to be instantly obeyed.”
obeying
  1. present participle of obey
  2. Synonyms:
      3. following, observing, complying, respecting, heeding, fulfilling, keeping, minding, accepting, embracing, conforming, assenting, according, acquiescing, acceding, concurring, complying with, conforming to, adhering to, responding to, abiding by, submitting to, acting in accordance with, agreeing to, keeping to, consenting to, sticking to, acquiescing in, holding to, toing the line, goose-stepping to, knuckling under, acting upon, living by, giving way, giving in, playing it by the book, doing what one is told, doing one's bidding, caving in, getting into line, taking orders, coming to heel, holding fast, doing as one says, doing as you are told, doing one's duty, getting in line, playing second fiddle, doing what is expected … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “As a result of this, obeying the rules of e-mail etiquette has become vitally important.”
      “It's harder to find a cyclist obeying the law than one who isn't and it's not just kids.”
      “All pubs in Limerick city and county may ostensibly be obeying to the smoking ban.”
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