- Adherence to orders - Dutifulness - Submission - The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient;
compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to
rightful restraint or control. - Words or actions denoting submission to authority;
dutifulness. - 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. - A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a
prior.