Definition: obedient

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

obedient
     adj : dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of
           those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient
           children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the
           obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory
           remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke [ant: disobedient]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Obedient \O*be"di*ent\, a. [OF. obedient, L. obediens,
   oboediens, -entis. p. pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See
   Obey.]
   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.