Modesty
Obedience
Obedience noun - A bending to the authority or control of another.
Usage example: the drill sergeant demanded complete and unquestioning obedience from the recruits
Modesty and obedience are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Modesty" instead a noun "Obedience".
Nearby Words: obedient, obediently
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- humility and modesty
- humility and obedience
- control and modesty
- control and obedience
- resignation and modesty
- resignation and obedience
- acquiescence and modesty
- acquiescence and obedience
- submission and modesty
- submission and obedience
- compliance and modesty
- compliance and obedience
- quietness and modesty
- quietness and obedience
How words are described
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Obedience and Modesty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/modesty/obedience
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