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Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.

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  1. a. Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.
  2. adj. dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. j:100 a. dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke