Definitions for obedient
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. obedientadjective

   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

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. obedientadjective

   Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.

   Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.

2. Etymology: From oboediens, present active participle of oboedio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. OBEDIENTadjective

   Submissive to authority; compliant with command or prohibition; obsequious.

   Etymology: obediens, Latin.

   To this end did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. 2 Cor. ii. 9.

   To this her mother’s plot
   She, seemingly obedient, likewise hath
   Made promise. William Shakespeare, M. W. of Wind.

   He humbled himself, and became obedient unto death. Phil. ii. 8.

   Religion hath a good influence upon the people, to make them obedient to government, and peaceable one towards another. John Tillotson, Serm. 3.

   The chief his orders gives; th’ obedient band,
   With due observance, wait the chief’s command. Alexander Pope.

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1. obedient

   Obedience, in human behavior, is a form of "social influence in which a person yields to explicit instructions or orders from an authority figure". Obedience is generally distinguished from compliance, which is behavior influenced by peers, and from conformity, which is behavior intended to match that of the majority. Depending on context, obedience can be seen as moral, immoral, or amoral. Humans have been shown to be obedient in the presence of perceived legitimate authority figures, as shown by the Milgram experiment in the 1960s, which was carried out by Stanley Milgram to find out how the Nazis managed to get ordinary people to take part in the mass murders of the Holocaust. The experiment showed that obedience to authority was the norm, not the exception. Regarding obedience, Milgram said that "Obedience is as basic an element in the structure of social life as one can point to. Some system of authority is a requirement of all communal living, and it is only the man dwelling in isolation who is not forced to respond, through defiance or submission, to the commands of others." A similar conclusion was reached in the Stanford prison experiment.

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1. obedient

   Obedient refers to complying or willing to comply with orders, rules, or instructions, typically from one in a position of authority. It means to follow directives willingly, without argument or resistance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obedientadjective

   subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command

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1. obedient

   Complying with the Laws or Rule of Law of a state or country.

   Citizens are obedient to the Rule of Law which empowers everybody.

   
   

   Submitted by JP03 on December 15, 2014  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of obedient in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of obedient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of obedient in a Sentence

1. Newt Gingrich:

   I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics.

2. Tim Wildmon:

   Our mission as Christians is always to be obedient and pray — and right now that means pray for the people in Ukraine and those in authority.

3. Edward Abbey:

   Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers-- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.

4. Simonides, Epitaph for the Spartans who fell at Thermopylae:

   Go tell the Spartans, Passerby, That here, obedient to their laws, We lie.

5. Kim Davis:

   I am not perfect. No one is, but I am forgiven and I love my Lord and must be obedient to him and to the word of God.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=obedient
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Obedient
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=obedient
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obedient
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obedient