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obedient

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o⋅be⋅di⋅ent

  [oh-bee-dee-uhnt]
–adjective
obeying or willing to obey; complying with or submissive to authority: an obedient son.
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Origin:
1175–1225; ME < OF < L oboedient- (s. of oboediēns), prp. of oboedīre to obey; see -ent

Related forms:
o⋅be⋅di⋅ent⋅ly, adverb

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

Antonyms:
recalcitrant.
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o·be·di·ent   (ō-bē'dē-ənt)   
adj.  Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or instructions of one in authority.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin oboediēns, oboedient-, present participle of oboedīre, to obey; see obey.]
o·be'di·ent·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

obedient 
c.1225, from O.Fr. obedient (11c.), from L. obedientem (nom. obediens), prp. of oboedire "to obey" (see obey). Obedience in ref. to dog training is attested from 1930.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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