obediencia

Definitions of obediencia
  1. noun
    behavior intended to please your parents
    synonyms: respeto
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    type of:
    deber filial, obligación filial
    duty of a child to its parents
  2. noun
    piety by virtue of devotion to duty
    synonyms: sumisión
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    type of:
    piedad
    righteousness by virtue of being pious
  3. noun
    the trait of being willing to obey
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    types:
    condescendencia, rendimiento, sumisión
    the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.
    abyección, rendimiento, servilismo
    abject or cringing submissiveness
    subordinación
    the quality of obedient submissiveness
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