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Obedience vs Obeyance - What's the difference?

obedience | obeyance |

As nouns the difference between obedience and obeyance

is that obedience is the quality of being obedient while obeyance is obedience.

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 )

    External links

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    obeyance

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (-)
  • obedience
  • *{{quote-book, year=1829, author=Various, title=The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Poor fellow! how happy would a companion make you, to whom you could relate your battles, bouts, and courtships; but mum is the order, and Jack is used to an implicit obeyance of head-quarter orders. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1912, author=W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell, title=Flying Machines, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=One of the instructions given by experienced aviators to pupils, and for which they insist upon implicit obeyance , is: "If your machine gets more than 30 feet high, or comes closer to the ground than 6 feet, descend at once." }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1962, author=Harry Harrison, title=Planet of the Damned, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The tall soldiers of Nyjord moved in ready obeyance of their commander. }}

    Etymology 2

    Misspelling or alteration of abeyance, by association with obey.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nonstandard) abeyance
  • *{{quote-book, year=1897, author=Dorothy Quigley, title=What Dress Makes of Us, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The disfiguring wrinkles that make many necks unsightly may be kept in obeyance by massaging. }}