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Webster 1913 Edition

Obedient

O-be′di-ent

,
Adj.
[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.
Shakespeare
The chief his orders gives; the
obedient
band,
With due observance, wait the chief’s command.
Pope.
Syn. – Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.

Webster 1828 Edition

Obedient

OBE'DIENT

,
Adj.
[L. obediens.] Submissive to authority; yielding compliance with commands, orders or injunctions; performing what is required, or abstaining from what is forbid.
The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, with due observance, wait the chief's command.

Definition 2024

obedient

obedient

English

Adjective

obedient ‎(comparative more obedient, superlative most obedient)

  1. Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.
    Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.

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Related terms

Always doing what others tell you to, whether right or wrong, the task is always completed.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō ‎(“obey”).

Adjective

obedient m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural obedients)

  1. obedient

Latin

Verb

obedient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of obēdiō

Old French

Etymology

From Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō ‎(“obey”).

Adjective

obedient m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular obedient or obediente)

  1. obedient

Declension

Etymology

From Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō ‎(“obey”).

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