Obedience

Obedience, in human behavior, is a form of "social influence in which a person yields to explicit instructions or orders from an authority figure.Obedience is generally distinguished from compliance, which is behavior influenced by peers, and from conformity, which is behavior intended to match that of the majority. Obedience can be seen as immoral, amoral and moral. For example, in a situation when one orders a person to kill another innocent person and he or she does so willingly, it is generally considered to be immoral. However, when one orders a person to kill an enemy who will end many innocent lives and he or she does so willingly, it can be deemed moral.

synonyms: compliance, conformity, submission,

• Examples: -An obedient soldier, would follow a command, even if it meant he would probably be killed following it. 
• -An obedient child, would go to bed exactly when his mother/father told him/her to do so, without objecting or arguing. 
• -An obedient student would be quiet, the moment his/her teacher told him to do so, even if he/she really wanted to continue talking across the classroom.