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Obedient

//əˈbiːdɪənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable.

    "Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot."

Adjective
  1. 1
    dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One who obeys.

    "Damn the obedients and hail the defiants if you will; the experiment does not motivate confidence about how particular subjects would behave in markedly dissimilar situations."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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