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obedient

[oh-bee-dee-uhnt]

adjective

obeying or willing to obey; complying with or submissive to authority: an obedient son.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Latin oboedient- (stem of oboediēns), present participle of oboedīre to obey; see -ent

Related forms

o·be·di·ent·ly, adverb

o·ver·o·be·di·ent, adjective

o·ver·o·be·di·ent·ly, adverb

pre·o·be·di·ent, adjective

pre·o·be·di·ent·ly, adverb

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qua·si-o·be·di·ent, adjective

qua·si-o·be·di·ent·ly, adverb

su·per·o·be·di·ent, adjective

su·per·o·be·di·ent·ly, adverb

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Synonyms
compliant, docile, tractable, yielding, deferential, respectful.

Antonyms
recalcitrant.

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Example Sentences

Her sister suggested she lose weight and be more obedient.

But she knows which side her biscuit is buttered on and is extremely obedient.

But his words may, of late, be falling on less obedient ears.

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Her sister suggested she lose weight and be more obedient.

But she knows which side her biscuit is buttered on and is extremely obedient.

But his words may, of late, be falling on less obedient ears.

They were quiet, obedient and extremely well behaved.

Unlike the obedient rogo/turtle drawing bots from our schooldays, these ones concoct their own work randomly and in short bursts.

Obedient to the letter, the seven refuse to budge when the nasty wolf comes along and imitates their mother's voice.

The emperor was asked by the foreigner how he menages to keep an obedient society.

Even obedient kunkis refuse orders to breach the eye-stinging ropes.

She won't look at us much, and is shaky and nervous sometimes, even though she remains perfectly obedient.

Stalin simply frightened everybody into obedient orthodoxy.

We got a trainer that came to the house and she is obedient now and listens to commands.

Firms trying to dream up new kinds of financial derivatives need employees who are inventive rather than obedient.

Obedient and disciplined are not necessarily militaristically imposed as you seem to think.

Some governments covertly harp on this naive adage to coerce their people to be obedient citizens.

It is also advantageous for the system because it now has one more ready made well educated, obedient slave at its disposal.

Once covered from head to toe with habits, and obedient to their.

It is my experience that many mental-health professionals are unaware of how extremely obedient they are to authorities.

He wants to shift from training obedient clerks towards training self-starting entrepreneurs.

For block after block, the obedient ranks of offices and storefronts press close to the street.

Commies had put together a package with many et cetera to make society stupid, silent and obedient to all their et ceteras.

Rebels and cynics don't adapt as well to enforced conformity as obedient apple polishers.

But the unquestioningly obedient salaryman is becoming a.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

obedient (əˈbiːdɪənt)

—*adj*
	obeying or willing to obey

[C13: from Old French, from Latin oboediens, present participle of oboedīre to obey]

o'bediently

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

obedient

early 13c., from O.Fr. obedient (11c.), from L. obedientem (nom. obediens), prp. of oboedire "to obey" (see obey).

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