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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective obedient has 1 sense
- obedient(a = adj.all) Array - dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened" Antonym: disobedient
Derived forms noun obedience3, noun obedience1, noun obedience2, verb obey1
CIDE DICTIONARY
obedient, a. [OF. obedient, L. obediens, oboediens, -entis. p. pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See Obey.].
Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. [1913 Webster]
"And floating straight, obedient to the stream."
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"The chief his orders gives; the obedient band,
With due observance, wait the chief's command." [1913 Webster]
With due observance, wait the chief's command." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
obedient, adj.
1 obeying or ready to obey.
2 (often foll. by to) submissive to another's will; dutiful (obedient to the law).
1 obeying or ready to obey.
2 (often foll. by to) submissive to another's will; dutiful (obedient to the law).
Derivative
obediently adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF f. L obediens -entis (as OBEY)
THESAURUS
obedient
abject, accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, adaptable, adapting, adaptive, adjustable, adjusting, agreeable, amenable, assenting, biddable, complaisant, compliable, compliant, complying, conformable, conforming, conscientious, consenting, deferential, devoted, docile, duteous, dutiful, ethical, faithful, flexible, humble, law-abiding, loyal, malleable, meek, moral, nondissenting, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive, obeisant, observant, other-directed, passive, plastic, pliant, reconciled, resigned, respectful, scrupulous, servile, sheeplike, submissive, subservient, supine, timid, tractable, unassertive, uncomplaining, unresistant, unresisting, willing, yieldingROGET THESAURUS
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Obedience
N obedience, observance, compliance, submission, subjection, nonresistance, passiveness, resignation, allegiance, loyalty, fealty, homage, deference, devotion, constancy, fidelity, submissness, submissiveness, ductility, obsequiousness, obedient, complying, compliant, loyal, faithful, devoted, at one's call, at one's command, at one's orders, at one's beck and call, under beck and call, under control, restrainable, resigned, passive, submissive, henpecked, pliant, unresisted, obediently, in compliance with, in obedience to, to hear is to obey, as you please, if you please, your wish is my command, as you wish, no sooner said than done.
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