obedient
Origin of obedient
Synonyms for obedient
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devoted, faithful, compliant, deferential, loyal, docile, subservient, dutiful, attentive, respectful, law-abiding, acquiescent, amenable, biddable, complaisant, controllable, duteous, governable, obeisant, obligingExamples from the Web for obedient
Contemporary Examples of obedient
He is, however, obedient about not turning on the stove burner without permission.
Prachi, meanwhile, is obedient to her father, but has a major problem with his mandate that she wed.
Inside her home, she was an obedient Nigerian child, eating beef stews for breakfast and wearing the traditional garb.
Asian girls are subservient, obedient, and bred for male pleasure.
Historical Examples of obedient
Here stands its Government, aware of its might but obedient to its conscience.
I have the honour to be Your obedient servant, Francis Marion.
A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis MarionWilliam Dobein James
I am with esteem, Your most obedient humble servant, N. Greene.
A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis MarionWilliam Dobein James
Had she been obedient only to that she had been taught, or obedient to the very God?
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
Rico, obedient as ever, began to play, and also to sing his own song as usual.
Rico and WiseliJohanna Spyri
obedient
- obeying or willing to obey
Word Origin for obedient
Word Origin and History for obedient
c.1200, from Old French obedient "obedient" (11c.), from Latin oboedientem (nominative oboediens), present participle of oboedire "to obey" (see obey). Related: Obediently.