† oˈbedientnessObs.rare. [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being obedient; obedience. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xxx. 5 With how redy obedientness he submitted his backe to Gods rod.1583― Calvin on Deut. iii. 13 A true tryal of their obedientnesse.