obedience

yielding to instructions from an authority figure
Thing virtue Q1456974
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obedience

Summary

obedience is a virtue[1]. obedience draws 226 Wikipedia views per month (virtue category, ranking #33 of 50).[2]

Key Facts

  • obedience's instance of is recorded as virtue[3].
  • obedience's instance of is recorded as behavior[4].
  • obedience's instance of is recorded as marriage vows[5].
  • obedience is a type of behavior[6].
  • obedience is part of evangelical counsels[7].
  • obedience is part of obedience in Islam[8].
  • obedience is part of marriage vows[9].
  • obedience's Commons category is recorded as Obedience[10].
  • obedience is the opposite of disobedience[11].
  • obedience's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • obedience's different from is recorded as compliance[13].
  • obedience's different from is recorded as conformity[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include virtue[3], behavior[4], and marriage vows[5]. obedience is a type of behavior[6]. obedience is the opposite of disobedience[11].

Use and Application

Part of include evangelical counsels[7]; obedience in Islam[8], an Islamic term[15]; and marriage vows[9], a ceremony[16].

Influence

Things named for obedience include Law Abiding Citizen[17], a film[18], directed by F. Gary Gray[19].

Why It Matters

obedience draws 226 Wikipedia views per month (virtue category, ranking #33 of 50).[2] obedience has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] obedience is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Entities named for obedience include Law Abiding Citizen[17], a film[18], directed by F. Gary Gray[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of disobedience
    Instance of virtue, behavior, marriage vows
    Aliases
    Different from compliance, conformity
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 30158, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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