- doing what you are told to do; willing to obey
- an obedient child
- obedient to somebody/something He was always obedient to his father's wishes.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryObedient is used with these nouns:- child
- servant
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin oboedient- ‘obeying’, from the verb oboedire, from ob- ‘in the direction of’ + audire ‘hear’.Definitions on the go
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Idioms
See obedient in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryyour obedient servant
- (old use) used to end a formal letter
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