obedient
adjective
[ əˈbiːdɪənt ]
• complying or willing to comply with an order or request; submissive to another's authority.
• "a docile and obedient dog"
Similar:
compliant,
acquiescent,
tractable,
amenable,
dutiful,
good,
law-abiding,
deferential,
respectful,
duteous,
under control,
well trained,
well disciplined,
disciplined,
observant,
manageable,
governable,
conformable,
docile,
biddable,
submissive,
tame,
meek,
passive,
unresisting,
malleable,
pliable,
pliant,
yielding,
subservient,
obsequious,
servile,
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin oboedient- ‘obeying’, from the verb oboedire (see obey).
in obedience to
• in accordance with.
• "he was acting in obedience to his conscience"
