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type | a |
lex_filenum | 00 |
def | dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority |
def | "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed |
def | the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke |
examples | an obedient soldier obedient children a little man obedient to his wife |
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Also see | compliant; docile; good; manageable; submissive; tractable, manipulable |
Attribute | obedience |
Derivationally related form | obedient → obedience; obedient → obedience; obedient → obedience; obedient → obey |
Antonym | obedient → disobedient |
Similar to | acquiescent, biddable; conformable; dutiful, duteous; Y2K compliant |
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Also see | compliant; submissive; good; manageable; docile; tractable, manipulable |
Similar to | acquiescent, biddable; conformable; dutiful, duteous; Y2K compliant |
Antonym | disobedient → obedient |
Derived from adjective | obediently → obedient |
Derivationally related form | obedience → obedient; obedience → obedient; obedience → obedient; obey → obedient |
Attribute | obedience |
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