Obedience vs Obeisance - What's the difference?
obedience | obeisance |
The quality of being obedient.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.
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* 1962 , , How To Do Things With Words (OUP paperback edition), p. 69:
An obedient attitude.
As nouns the difference between obedience and obeisance
is that obedience is the quality of being obedient while obeisance is demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.obedience
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(wikipedia obedience)Alternative forms
* , (l) (qualifier)Noun
(-)- Obedience is essential in any army.
- 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...
Synonyms
* submissionAntonyms
* disobedience, defiance, rebellion (ignoring ) * violation (ignoring, especially rules ) * control, dominance (ruling )External links
* * ----obeisance
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Alternative forms
* obeisaunce, obeissance, abaisance (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
- In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore;
- Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
- But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door —
- Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door —
- Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
- The situation in the case of actions which are non-linguistic but similar to performative utterances in that they are the performance of a conventional action (here ritual or ceremonial) is rather like this: suppose I bow deeply before you; it might not be clear whether I am doing obeisance to you or, say, stooping to observe the flora or to ease my indigestion.