obedience

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• UK: /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns/
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• US: /oʊˈbidiəns/
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• US: /əˈbidiəns/
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From Middle English obedience, from Anglo-Norman obedience, from Old French obedience (modern French obédience), from Latin oboedientia. Displaced native Old English hīersumnes (compare modern English hearsomeness). Cognate with obeisance.

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: bindje — quality of being obedient
• Arabic: طَاعَة (ṭāʕa) — quality of being obedient
• Arabic: إِطَاعَة (ʔiṭāʕa) — quality of being obedient
• Arabic: طاعة (ṭāʕa) — quality of being obedient
• Armenian: հնազանդություն (hnazandutʻyun) — quality of being obedient
• Asturian: obediencia — quality of being obedient
• Azerbaijani: itaət — quality of being obedient
• Belarusian: паслухмя́насць (pasluxmjánascʹ) — quality of being obedient
• Belarusian: пако́рнасць (pakórnascʹ) — quality of being obedient
• Belarusian: пако́ра (pakóra) — quality of being obedient
• Belarusian: пако́рлівасць (pakórlivascʹ) — quality of being obedient
• Bulgarian: подчине́ние (podčinénie) — quality of being obedient
• Bulgarian: поко́рство (pokórstvo) — quality of being obedient
• Catalan: obediència — quality of being obedient
• Cherokee: ᎪᎯᏳᎯ (gohiyuhi) — quality of being obedient
• Chinese Mandarin: 百依百順 /百依百顺 (bǎiyībǎishùn) — quality of being obedient
• Chinese Mandarin: 服從 /服从 (fúcóng) — quality of being obedient
• Czech: poslušnost — quality of being obedient
• Danish: lydighed — quality of being obedient
• Dutch: gehoorzaamheid — quality of being obedient
• Esperanto: obeemo — quality of being obedient
• Estonian: sõnakuulelikkus — quality of being obedient
• Faroese: lýdni — quality of being obedient
• Finnish: kuuliaisuus — quality of being obedient
• French: obéissance — quality of being obedient
• Galician: obediencia — quality of being obedient
• Georgian: მორჩილება (morčileba) — quality of being obedient
• German: Gehorsam — quality of being obedient
• German: Folgsamkeit — quality of being obedient
• German: Gehorsamkeit — quality of being obedient
• Greek: υπακοή (ypakoḯ) — quality of being obedient
• Greek: πειθαρχία (peitharchía) — quality of being obedient
• Ancient Greek: ὑπακοή (hupakoḗ) — quality of being obedient
• Ancient Greek: πειθαρχία (peitharkhía) — quality of being obedient
• Hebrew: צַיְתָנוּת (tsaytanut) — quality of being obedient
• Hindi: अनुपालन (anupālan) — quality of being obedient
• Hindi: आज्ञाकारिता (ājñākāritā) — quality of being obedient
• Hungarian: engedelmesség — quality of being obedient
• Indonesian: kepatuhan — quality of being obedient
• Interlingua: obedientia — quality of being obedient
• Irish: umhlaíocht — quality of being obedient
• Italian: obbedienza — quality of being obedient
• Japanese: 服従 (fukujū) — quality of being obedient
• Japanese: 恭順 (kyōjun) — quality of being obedient
• Japanese: 順守 (junshu) — quality of being obedient
• Kazakh: бағындыру (bağyndyru) — quality of being obedient
• Kazakh: бағыну (bağynu) — quality of being obedient
• Korean: 복종 (bokjong) — quality of being obedient
• Northern Kurdish: guhdarî — quality of being obedient
• Kyrgyz: бойсунуучулук (boysunuuculuk) — quality of being obedient
• Latin: oboedientia — quality of being obedient
• Latvian: paklausība — quality of being obedient
• Latvian: rātnība — quality of being obedient
• Lithuanian: paklusnumas — quality of being obedient
• Lithuanian: paklusimas — quality of being obedient
• Macedonian: послушност (poslušnost) — quality of being obedient
• Malayalam: അനുസരണം (anusaraṇaṁ) — quality of being obedient
• Mongolian: дуулгавар (duulgavar) — quality of being obedient
• Mongolian: дуулгавартай байдал (duulgavartaj bajdal) — quality of being obedient
• Norwegian Bokmål: lydighet — quality of being obedient
• Old English: hīersumnes — quality of being obedient
• Persian: رامی (râmi) — quality of being obedient
• Persian: اطاعت (etâ'at) — quality of being obedient
• Persian: فزمانبردای (farmānbordārī) — quality of being obedient
• Polish: posłuszeństwo — quality of being obedient
• Portuguese: obediência — quality of being obedient
• Romanian: ascultare — quality of being obedient
• Romanian: supunere — quality of being obedient
• Russian: послуша́ние (poslušánije) — quality of being obedient
• Russian: поко́рность (pokórnostʹ) — quality of being obedient
• Russian: подчине́ние (podčinénije) — quality of being obedient
• Russian: повинове́ние (povinovénije) — quality of being obedient
• Sanskrit: अरमति (aramati) — quality of being obedient
• Serbo-Croatian: поко́рно̄ст — quality of being obedient
• Serbo-Croatian: послу́шно̄ст — quality of being obedient
• Serbo-Croatian: pokórnōst — quality of being obedient
• Serbo-Croatian: poslúšnōst — quality of being obedient
• Slovak: poslušnosť — quality of being obedient
• Slovene: poslušnost — quality of being obedient
• Spanish: obediencia — quality of being obedient
• Swahili: taa — quality of being obedient
• Swahili: utii — quality of being obedient
• Swedish: lydnad — quality of being obedient
• Tagalog: pagsunod — quality of being obedient
• Tajik: итоат (itoat) — quality of being obedient
• Tajik: фармонбардорӣ (farmonbardori) — quality of being obedient
• Tajik: итоаткорӣ (itoatkori) — quality of being obedient
• Telugu: విధేయత (vidhēyata) — quality of being obedient
• Thai: การเชื่อฟัง (gaan-chʉ̂ʉa-fang) — quality of being obedient
• Turkish: itaatkârlık — quality of being obedient
• Turkish: itaatlilik — quality of being obedient
• Ukrainian: покі́рність (pokírnistʹ) — quality of being obedient
• Ukrainian: послу́шність (poslúšnistʹ) — quality of being obedient
• Ukrainian: поко́ра (pokóra) — quality of being obedient
• Ukrainian: слухня́ність (sluxnjánistʹ) — quality of being obedient
• Ukrainian: послухня́ність (posluxnjánistʹ) — quality of being obedient
• Urdu: اطاعت (itā'at) — quality of being obedient
• Uyghur: ئىتائەت (ita'et) — quality of being obedient
• Uzbek: boʻysunish — quality of being obedient
• Uzbek: itoat — quality of being obedient
• Vietnamese: sự nghe lời — quality of being obedient
• Welsh: ufudd-dod — quality of being obedient
• Yiddish: פֿאָלגן (folgn) — quality of being obedient
• Yoruba: igboran — quality of being obedient