obedience
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
Types & categories
- submission hypernym
- truckling hyponym
Related & opposite
- disobedience antonym
- obey derivation
- obedient derivation
Sense 2 noun
the trait of being willing to obey
Types & categories
- tractability hypernym
- submissiveness hyponym
Related & opposite
- disobedience antonym
- obedient attribute
- disobedient attribute
- obey derivation
- obedient derivation
Sense 3 noun
behavior intended to please your parents
their children were never very strong on obedience
Types & categories
- filial duty hypernym
Related & opposite
- obedient derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | disobedience |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | obey |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | obedient |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | submission |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | truckling |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | disobedience |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | obedient |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | disobedient |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obey |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obedient |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tractability |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | submissiveness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | obedient |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | filial duty |