Obedience vs. Decency — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Obedience and Decency
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Obedience
The quality or condition of being obedient.
Decency
The state or quality of being decent; propriety.
Obedience
The act of obeying.
Decency
Conformity to prevailing standards of propriety or modesty.
Obedience
A sphere of ecclesiastical authority.
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Decency
Social or moral proprieties.
Obedience
A group of people under such authority.
Decency
Surroundings or services deemed necessary for an acceptable standard of living.
Obedience
The quality of being obedient.
Obedience is essential in any army.
Decency
The quality of being decent; propriety.
Obedience
The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority.
Decency
That which is proper or becoming.
Obedience
A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him.
Decency
The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty.
Observances of time, place, and of decency in general.
Immodest words admit of no defense,For want of decency is want of sense.
Obedience
Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction.
Decency
That which is proper or becoming.
The external decencies of worship.
Those thousand decencies, that daily flowFrom all her words and actions.
Obedience
The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.
Government must compel the obedience of individuals.
Decency
The quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
Obedience
Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness.
Decency
The quality of being polite and respectable
Obedience
A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope.
Obedience
The act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
Obedience
The trait of being willing to obey
Obedience
Behavior intended to please your parents;
Their children were never very strong on obedience
He went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes
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