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obeyance

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obeyance¹

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From obey + -ance.

noun

  1. uncountable obedience Poor fellow! how happy would a companion make you, to whom you could relate your battles, bouts, and courtships; but mum is the order, and Jack is used to an implicit obeyance of head-quarter orders.

obeyance²

Where it comes from

Misspelling or alteration of abeyance, by association with obey.

noun

  1. nonstandard, uncountable abeyance The disfiguring wrinkles that make many necks unsightly may be kept in obeyance by massaging.

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"obeyance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/obeyance. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"obeyance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/obeyance.

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@misc{obeyance_2026,
  title = {obeyance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/obeyance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}