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Obedience, in human behavior, is a form of "social influence in which a person yields to explicit instructions or orders from an authority figure". [1] Obedience is generally distinguished from compliance, which some authors define as behavior influenced by peers while others use it as a more general term for positive responses to another individual's request, [2] and from conformity, which is ...
The word discipline is defined as imparting knowledge and skill, in other words, to teach. [61] In its most general sense, discipline refers to systematic instruction given to a disciple. To discipline means to instruct a person to follow a particular code of conduct. [62]
In Arabic ibadah is connected with related words such as ubudiyyah (“slavery”), and has connotations of obedience, submission, and humility. The word linguistically means "obedience with submission". [3] In Islam, ibadah is usually translated as “worship” and means obedience, submission, and devotion to God. [4] [1]
Christian obedience is a free choice to surrender one's will to God, [6] and an act of homage. [3]Amongst the moral virtues obedience enjoys a primacy of honour. The reason is that the greater or lesser excellence of a moral virtue is determined by the greater or lesser value of the object which it qualifies one to put aside in order to give oneself to God.
Taslim or Tasleem (Arabic: تسليم taslīm) is an Arabic male given name, that can mean Greeting or Submission, among other meanings. [1] Also, the name bears the meanings "obedience, acceptance, preservation, salutation, compliance (surrender), submission (اِسْتِسْلام istislām)" or "satisfaction, gratification, willingness, delight".
Professor Richard McBrien said piety "is a gift of the Holy Spirit by which we are motivated and enabled to be faithful and respectful to those—ultimately, God—who have had a positive, formative influence on our lives and to whom we owe a debt of gratitude," [9] and requires one to acknowledge, to the extent possible, the sources of those ...
After agility and obedience contests Saturday, Westminster’s main competition began Monday with breed-by-breed judging that leads to U.S. dogdom’s most illustrious best in show prize, awarded ...
In contrast to the english word "morality" (i.e., obedience, a sense of obligation, and external constraint), Sīla is a resolve to connect with what is believed to be our innate ethical compass. It is an intentional ethical behaviour that is refined and clarified through walking the path toward liberation.