obedient

Adjective
  1. Dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority (synset 301616581)
    "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"
    also:
    • compliant - inclined to comply
    • submissive - inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
    • good - having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
    • manageable - capable of being managed or controlled
    • docile - willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
    • manipulable, tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)
    tells us about: obedience - the trait of being willing to obey
    similar to:
    • acquiescent, biddable - willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest
    • conformable - quick to comply
    • duteous, dutiful - willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect
    • y2k compliant - prepared to accurately process date and time data between and into the 20th and 21st centuries

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