obedience

1. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being obedient.

   Obedience is essential in any army.

   February 24, 1823, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Mr. Edward Everett Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

   Gehorsam, Folgsamkeit, Gehorsamkeit

   послуша́ниеposlušánije, поко́рностьpokórnostʹ, подчине́ниеpodčinénije

   покі́рністьpokírnistʹ, послу́шністьposlúšnistʹ, поко́раpokóra

2. (countable, uncountable)The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority.

3. (countable, uncountable)A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him.

4. (countable, uncountable)Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction.

1. Don't interpret their silence as obedience.

   deSieh ihr Schweigen nicht als Zustimmung.

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2. Obedience is not enough.

   deGehorsam genügt nicht.

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3. Obedience isn't enough.

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4. The duty of a daughter is in obedience.

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5. We should always act in obedience to the law.

   deWir sollten uns jederzeit an das Gesetz halten.

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