English-Italian translations for obedience

• obbedienza
  O forse era per obbedienza preventiva nei confronti del Consiglio? Or was it a predisposed obedience towards the Council?
  Chiudo così l'argomento, per obbedienza al superiore del monastero e da monaco obbediente e rispettoso della democrazia come mi compiaccio di continuare ad essere. I thereby close the subject, in obedience to the Superior of the monastery and as the monk obedient to and respectful of democracy I am pleased to continue to be.
  Di conseguenza, nell'ansia di mostrare obbedienza, ha rinunciato al suo tradizionale diritto di condurre una vera seconda lettura della direttiva servizi. Consequently, in its haste to show obedience, it dispensed with its traditional right to conduct a proper second reading of the Services Directive.

Definition of obedience

• The quality of being obedient
• The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority
• Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction

Examples

• Obedience is essential in any army

Related words

• disobedience
• automatic obedience
• blind obedience
• civil disobedience