Definition of obedient

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o·be·di·ent    (-bd-nt) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or instructions of one in authority.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin oboedins, oboedient- present participle of oboedre, to obey ; see obey

OTHER FORMS:
o·bedi·ent·ly(Adverb)