About The Word Obedient
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Obedient
Obedient Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Obedient?
[adj] 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"- Edmund Burke
Synonyms | Synonyms for Obedient: acquiescent | biddable | compliant | conformable | duteous | dutiful | Y2K compliant Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | yielding See Also | docile | good | manageable | submissive | tractable Obedient In Webster's Dictionary \O*be"di*ent\, 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.
And floating straight, obedient to the stream. --Shak.
The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due
observance, wait the chief's command. --Pope.
Syn: Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.
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