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what is obedience? what does it mean to be obedient and to obey?
obedience compliances with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority.

synonyms: respectful; observant; loyal; faithful; regardful; honoring; controllable 

• examples: An obedient child, would go to bed exactly when his mother/father told him/her to do so.
• An obedient student would be quiet, the moment his/her teacher told him to do so, even if he/she really wanted to continue talking across the classroom.