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obedient | obediency |

As an adjective obedient

is willing]] to [[comply#verb|comply with the (l), orders, or (l) of those in authority.

As a noun obediency is

obedience, the quality of being obedient.

obedient

English

Alternative forms

* (qualifier)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Willing]] to [[comply#Verb, comply with the (l), orders, or (l) of those in authority.
    • Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.

    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Antonyms

    * disobedient * dominant

    Related terms

    * obedience * obey

    External links

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    obediency

    English

    Noun

    (obediencies)
  • Obedience, the quality of being obedient.
    • (seeCites)
  • * 1985 , Myriam Díaz-Diocaretz, Iris M. Zavala, Women, feminist identity, and society in the 1980's: selected papers , page 71:
    • The second group, although probably relieved to a large extent from domestic work due to their economic capability to hire domestic service, is particularly affected by the fact that the rule of woman's obediency to men does not apply only to marriage and the family,

    Synonyms

    * obedience; obedientness