Get to know Obedience better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like disobedience or obeisance.
Obedience in a sentence
Obedience meaning
- The quality of being obedient.
- The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority.
- A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him.
Synonyms of Obedience
Using Obedience
- The main meaning on this page is: The quality of being obedient. | The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority. | A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him.
- Useful related words include: disobedience, obeisance, submission, compliance.
- In the example corpus, obedience often appears in combinations such as: obedience to, of obedience, obedience and.
Context around Obedience
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Obedience
- In this selection, "obedience" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, citation, average, minimum, experiments, writing and clubs stand out and add context to how "obedience" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 40 41 obedience obedience vs and 41 obedience obedience vs disobedience. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "obedience" sits close to words such as anthropology, behaved and bracing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with obedience
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Obedience has to be the way to get points. (9 words)
Miller (Patrick), pp.40–41 Obedience Obedience vs. disobedience is a constant theme. (13 words)
There is no obedience to her in that, even if she supplicates against her daughter. (15 words)
Oneness Pentecostals insist that salvation comes by grace through faith in Christ, coupled with obedience to his command to be "born of water and of the Spirit"; hence, no good works or obedience to laws or rules can save anyone. (40 words)
He left behind a widow, Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram, a daughter, Michele Sara, and a son, Marc Daniel. citation Obedience to authority main In 1963, Milgram submitted the results of his obedience experiments in the article "Behavioral Study of Obedience". (39 words)
Milgram summarized the experiment in his 1974 article, "The Perils of Obedience", writing: The legal and philosophic aspects of obedience are of enormous importance, but they say very little about how most people behave in concrete situations. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
He left behind a widow, Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram, a daughter, Michele Sara, and a son, Marc Daniel. citation Obedience to authority main In 1963, Milgram submitted the results of his obedience experiments in the article "Behavioral Study of Obedience".
Milgram summarized the experiment in his 1974 article, "The Perils of Obedience", writing: The legal and philosophic aspects of obedience are of enormous importance, but they say very little about how most people behave in concrete situations.
Miller (Patrick), pp.40–41 Obedience Obedience vs. disobedience is a constant theme.
Oneness Pentecostals insist that salvation comes by grace through faith in Christ, coupled with obedience to his command to be "born of water and of the Spirit"; hence, no good works or obedience to laws or rules can save anyone.
Unfortunately, the publicity given to this report has led to unfair denigration of breeds which are under-represented in obedience clubs and poorly understood by the average obedience trainer.
Also known as communion, the Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience through which believers memorialize the death of Jesus and anticipate his return.
Before allowing Sabbath to attend with me they required a minimum obedience level from her, which we demonstrated by our Kennel Club Good Citizen (bronze award).
Blind obedience to an authoritarian God is a tradeoff for a secure attachment that was not experienced as a child.
Due to her hard work and obedience, she is among the people on the National task force for an FDC top leader in one of the factions.
During the Rite of Religious Profession, Sister Alexis Karen professed vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, and received a black veil and a ring, two symbols of her consecration to God.
Each dog will be designated by.its owner to compete in either the Masters Agility, Masters Obedience, Junior Showmanship or Best In Show championships.
First, we're looking at the dogs that are likely to come top of their obedience class, and there's one breed that's certain to be the teacher's pet.
It will also be used for secure exercise and training for dogs that cannot ordinarily be let off the lead as well as obedience and behaviour training.
Love is exemplified through selflessness, such as when individuals give of their wealth as an act of righteousness and obedience to God.
Obedience has to be the way to get points.
She encouraged the youth to emulate and imbibe strong virtues such as courage, integrity, humility and obedience to God as exhibited by biblical characters who shaped the course of history.
The dogs were housebroken, and learned basic obedience skills all with the anticipation of getting the dog adopted into its forever home.
The owner also has to make sure the dog has been photographed by the city and has received obedience training within 90 days.
There is no obedience to her in that, even if she supplicates against her daughter.
The reverence and awareness of who Jesus is and why He came is heaven’s promise of eternal life, and it’s our responsibility to remain steadfast in our obedience to Him.
Common combinations with obedience
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- obedience to 72×
- of obedience 26×
- obedience and 26×
- and obedience 25×
- in obedience 17×
- obedience of 11×
- the obedience 6×
- basic obedience 5×
- obedience training 5×
- his obedience 4×