adjective
- obeying or willing to obey; complying with or submissive to authority: an obedient son.
adjective
- obeying or willing to obey
adj.c.1200, from Old French obedient “obedient” (11c.), from Latin oboedientem (nominative oboediens), present participle of oboedire “to obey” (see obey). Related: Obediently.