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obediento‧be‧di‧ent /əˈbiːdiənt/ ●○○ adjective   obedientOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French, Latin, present participle of oboedire; ➔ OBEY - Bruno was a quiet and obedient little boy.
- Edmund was a cheerful and obedient student.
- Research shows that pupils who are good at maths tend to be more conformist and obedient than other pupils.
- The majority of people were obedient to the King, not questioning his government.
- As an example of unconscious wealth Ely cited an obedient, diligent, and faithful son.
- As I always saw him, my son was a gentle, obedient soul.
- Fortunately Scott was reasonably obedient as long as some one kept a close watch over him.
- Have you ever thought, ruefully, that far from raising an obedient child you've become an obedient parent?
- Is being faithful the same thing as being obedient?
- Once more Joseph is obedient and sets out for his own country.
- They could be expected to be as obedient to the workers as they had been to the capitalists.
- With humility she managed to convince her husband that she was obedient to his every wish.
always doing what you are told to do► obedient someone who is obedient always does what their parents, teachers, or people in authority tell them to do - use this especially about children: · Bruno was a quiet and obedient little boy.· Research shows that pupils who are good at maths tend to be more conformist and obedient than other pupils. obedient to: · The majority of people were obedient to the King, not questioning his government. ► obedience obedient behaviour: obedience to: · Young children are expected to show obedience to their parents.absolute/complete/total obedience: · The General demanded absolute obedience from his men. ► law-abiding always obeying the law because you think this is the right thing to do: · These men are all decent, tax-paying, law-abiding people.· There is a tendency to look back at a time when people were more peaceful and law-abiding. ► dutiful always doing what you are expected to do and always behaving in a loyal and obedient way: · Tom Campbell has been a loyal and dutiful employee of this firm for 25 years.· She rejected the traditional female roles of docile daughter and dutiful wife. ► disciplined a group of people that is disciplined has developed obedience or has been trained to be obedient: · They are a well-trained, disciplined and efficient fighting force.well-disciplined: · The workforce is well-disciplined and eager to work. NOUN► servant· I am, Madam, Your obedient servant ... This last enigma - the enigma of his fate - would remain.· I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant. nounobedience ≠ disobedienceadjectiveobedient ≠ disobedientverbobey ≠ disobeyadverbobediently ≠ disobediently 1always doing what you are told to do, or what the law, a rule etc says you must do OPP disobedient:  an obedient childobedient to citizens who are obedient to the lawRegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that a child is good rather than obedient:· The children were all very good.2 your obedient servant old use a phrase used to end a very formal letter—obediently adverb |