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Is obedience a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word obedience is a Scrabble US word. The word obedience is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is obedience a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word obedience is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Is obedience a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word obedience is a Words With Friends word. The word obedience is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

OBEDIENCE,

7-letter words (1 found)

CODEINE,

6-letter words (13 found)

BEEDIE,BEINED,BENDEE,BODICE,CEBOID,CODEIN,COINED,CONDIE,DEBONE,EDENIC,ENCODE,EOCENE,INCEDE,

5-letter words (14 found)

BEEDI,BIDON,BONCE,BONED,BONIE,CEBID,CODEN,CONED,DEICE,DIENE,DOBIE,DONEE,NIECE,OBIED,

4-letter words (54 found)

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3-letter words (45 found)

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2-letter words (19 found)

BE,BI,BO,DE,DI,DO,ED,EE,EN,ID,IN,IO,NE,NO,OB,OD,OE,OI,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 148 words from obedience according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of obedience

obedience

Alternative forms

  • oboedience (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Middle English obedience, from Anglo-Norman obedience, from Old French obedience (modern French obédience), from Latin oboedientia. Displaced native Old English hīersumnes. Cognate with obeisance.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns/

Noun

obedience (countable and uncountable, plural obediences)

  1. The quality of being obedient.
    • February 24, 1823, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Mr. Edward Everett
      Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
  2. The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority.
  3. A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him.
  4. Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction.

Synonyms

  • submission, the German vice; hearsomeness (nonce word)

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

Related terms

  • obedient
  • obeisance
  • obey

Translations

Further reading

  • “obedience”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “obedience”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

obedience oblique singular, f (oblique plural obediences, nominative singular obedience, nominative plural obediences)

  1. obedience
  2. authority; influence; power

Source: wiktionary.org