obedient Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke
- an obedient soldier
- obedient children
- a little man obedient to his wife
- the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed

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.