Associations to the word «Obedient»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
OBEDIENT, adjective. Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.
Dictionary definition
OBEDIENT, adjective. Dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke.
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.