Category:Obedient

O*be"di*ent, a. Etym: [of. obedient, l. obediens, oboediens, -entis. P.pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See obey.]

Defn: 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.