obeyance
Etymology
From obey + -ance.
noun
- 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.”
- abeyance“The disfiguring wrinkles that make many necks unsightly may be kept in obeyance by massaging.”