gwathĩka

n.

1. obedience. Obedience. The act or state of complying with commands, instructions, or authority; submission to rightful authority or discipline.

Example: Kwaga gwathĩka gũtariĩ ta rũhiũ rwa njora, harĩa gwatema hatihonaga. (All lawlessness is like a two-edged sword; when it cuts, there is no healing.); Nake o na aarĩ Mũriũ-rĩ, nĩerutire gwathĩka nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa aanyamarĩkire. (he learned obedience from what he suffered; Rom 5:19; Phil 2:8.)