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obedient(dictionary)

obedient (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of oboedire; OBEY]
always doing what you are told to do, or what the law, a rule etc says you must do
-opposite disobedient disobedient
::an obedient child
obedient to
::citizens who are obedient to the law
your obedient servant
old use a phrase used to end a very formal letter
-- obediently adv