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obedient

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o⋅be⋅di⋅ent

  [oh-bee-dee-uhnt]
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–adjective
obeying or willing to obey; complying with or submissive to authority: an obedient son.
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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