obedient

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/əˈbiːdɪənt/
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/əˈbiːdɪənt/ · /əʊˈbiːdɪənt/ · /əˈbidiənt/ · /oʊˈbidiənt/

Definition of obedient

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  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.”
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adj

  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.”

noun

  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.”

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Etymology

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

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