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obedient

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (obey).

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Adjective

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obedient (comparative more obedient, superlative most obedient)

  1. Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.
    Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.

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Noun

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obedient (plural obedients)

  1. One who obeys.
    • 2002, John Michael Doris, Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior, page 48:
      Damn the obedients and hail the defiants if you will; the experiment does not motivate confidence about how particular subjects would behave in markedly dissimilar situations.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin oboedientem, present active participle of oboediō (obey).

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Adjective

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obedient m or f (masculine and feminine plural obedients)

  1. obedient
    Antonym: desobedient

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Latin

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Verb

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obēdient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of obēdiō

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (obey).

Adjective

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obedient

  1. obedient

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (obey).

Adjective

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obedient m (oblique and nominative feminine singular obedient or obediente)

  1. obedient

Declension

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Case masculine feminine neuter
singular subject obedienz, obedients obediente obedient
oblique obedient obediente obedient
plural subject obedient obedientes obedient
oblique obedienz, obedients obedientes obedient

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin obediens or Italian obbediente.

Adjective

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obedient m or n (feminine singular obedientă, masculine plural obedienți, feminine and neuter plural obediente)

  1. obedient

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite obedient obedientă obedienți obediente
definite obedientul obedienta obedienții obedientele
genitive-
dative
indefinite obedient obediente obedienți obediente
definite obedientului obedientei obedienților obedientelor