obeyance

Etymology

From obey + -ance.

noun

  1. 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.”
  2. abeyance“The disfiguring wrinkles that make many necks unsightly may be kept in obeyance by massaging.”