obedience grief fortitude splendor gloom

obedience

o·be·di·ence /əˈbiːdiəns/ noun [uncountable]

when someone does what they are told to do, or what a law, rule etc says they must do

obedience to

in obedience to something

blind/unquestioning/complete obedience (=complete obedience without any thought)

grief /ɡriːf/ noun

[uncountable] extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has died
1. grief over/at
  1. The grief she felt over Helen’s death was almost unbearable.
2. with grief
  1. Charles was overcome with grief
[countable] something that makes you feel extremely sad
1. Every change in our lives bring with it griefs
good grief! spoken used when you are slightly surprised or annoyed
1. Good grief! What a mess!
come to grief to fail, or to be harmed or destroyed in an accident
1. candidates who come to grief in exams
give somebody grief informal to criticize someone in an annoying way
[uncountable] informal trouble or problems
1. You’ll save yourself a lot of grief if you check the measurements first.

for·ti·tude /ˈfɔːtətjuːd, ˈfɔːtɪtjuːd $ ˈfɔːrtətuːd/noun [uncountable] formal

courage shown when you are in great pain or experience a lot of trouble

splen·dour British English, splendor American English /ˈsplendə $ -ər/ noun

[uncountable] impressive beauty, especially of a large building or large place
1. splendor of
  1. We marvelled at the splendor of the scenery
  2. The palace has now been restored to its original splendor
splendors [plural] impressive beautiful features, especially of a large building or place
1. splendors of
  1. the splendors of the imperial court.

gloom /ɡluːm/ noun [singular, uncountable]

literary almost complete darkness
1. He peered into the gathering (=increasing) gloom
a feeling of great sadness and lack of hope
1. a time of high unemployment and economic gloom