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Obedience vs. Decency — What's the Difference?

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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