WAEC - Government (2012 - No. 4)
The ability to command obedience is called
authority
influence
legitimacy
mobilization
Explication
Authority the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience. It is the right to exercise power, which can be formalized by a state and exercised by way of judges, appointed executives of government, or the ecclesiastical or priestly appointed representatives of a God or other deities.