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obedient Definition


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obedient
adj
    1. Obeying; willing to obey.
      Thesaurus: compliant, passive, docile, deferential, tractable, complaisant, submissive, subservient, well trained; Antonym: rebellious, disobedient.
Derivative: obediently
adverb
    In an obedient way
      Thesaurus: loyally, willingly, dutifully, submissively.
Etymology: 13c: from French obédient, from Latin oboedire to obey.



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