obedient
adjective
- willing to follow rules, instructions, commands, etc.
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈbiːdɪənt/ / /əʊˈbiːdɪənt/ / /əˈbidiənt/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
- 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
Etymology: From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
- 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.”