Noun

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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. }}

Noun

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(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. }}