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Meek vs Obedience - What's the difference?

meek | obedience |

As an adjective meek

is humble, modest, meager, or self-effacing.

As a verb meek

is (us) (of horses) to.

As a noun obedience is

persuasion; allegiance.

meek

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Humble, modest, meager, or self-effacing.
  • * 1848:
    • Mrs. Wickam was a meek woman...who was always ready to pity herself, or to be pitied, or to pity anybody else...
  • * "Blessed are the meek , for they shall inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5)
  • Submissive, dispirited.
  • * 1920: , Main Street [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=432765822&tag=Lewis,+Sinclair:+Main+Street,+1920&query=+meek&id=LewMain]
    • What if they were wolves instead of lambs? They'd eat her all the sooner if she was meek to them. Fight or be eaten.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US) (of horses) To .

    • obedience

    English

    (wikipedia obedience)

    Alternative forms

    * , (l) (qualifier)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being obedient.
    • Obedience is essential in any army.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
    • Cautioning Nobs to silence, and he had learned many lessons in the value of obedience since we had entered Caspak, I slunk forward, taking advantage of whatever cover I could find...

    Related terms

    * obey * obedient

    Synonyms

    * submission

    Antonyms

    * disobedience, defiance, rebellion (ignoring ) * violation (ignoring, especially rules ) * control, dominance (ruling )

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