Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude. / An obedient attitude.

The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible.

Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent. / (obsolete) Physically hardened, toughened. / Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.

(transitive, obsolete) To harden; to obdure.

The quality of being obedient. / The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority. / A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him.

Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.

One who obeys.

(architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.

(entomology, of a dragonfly) To adopt the obelisk posture; to point the tip of the abdomen towards the sun.

(music) An obbligato section; a prominent countermelody, often written to be played or sung above the principal theme (in a higher pitch range).