What is the meaning of obedient?

adjective

  • 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
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