English → Latin
“obedience” in Latin
obtempĕrātĭoa complying withobsequiumcomplaisance, yielding, compliance, obedience; allegiance; deference, obsequiousness, flatteryobsequorto accommodate oneself to the will of another person; comply with, yield to, gratify, oblige, humor, submit; to yield toofficiumduty, service, office; obligation, an obligatory service, visit, or gesture; kindness, favor, courtesycontineōto hold, keep, connect, contain, maintain; to hold or keep together/close; connect, surround; to keep in, enclose, bound
The English word obedience itself goes back to Latin ŏboedĭens, through oboedientia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
obedience
obtemperatio; to anything, alicui rei (as action; an accommodating or adapting one’s self to anything): obedientia (as of slaves and children): obsequium, obsequentia (yielding, compliance, Caes., B.G., 7, 29): officium (obedience, considered as due; Vid: commentators on Nep., Milt., 7, 1): to render obedience [Vid: To OBEY]: to retain in obedience, in officio retinere or continere: to bring back to obedience, ad officium reducere; ad officium redire cogere: to renounce obedience, in officio non manere; obedientiam relinquere et abjicere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for obedience?
- The usual Latin words for “obedience” are obtempĕrātĭo, obsequium, obsequor; also officium, contineō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.