Index of English words, starting with "ob"

(1) - Obduration (n.) A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.

(1) - Obedience (n.) The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject.
(2) - Obedience (n.) One of the three monastic vows.
(3) - Obedience (n.) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.
(4) - Obedience (n.) 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.
(5) - Obedience (n.) Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness.
(6) - Obedience (n.) The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.

(1) - Obedient (a.) Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.