Meaning of OBEDIENT
| Pronunciation: | | ow'beedeeunt
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| | Definition: | | [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 |
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| | Synonyms: | | acquiescent, biddable, compliant, conformable, duteous, dutiful, Y2K compliant |
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| | Antonyms: | | disobedient | | |
| | See Also: | | docile, good, manageable, submissive, tractable | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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