obedient
obe·dient
adjective
1.
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
Origin
From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
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