Hypertext Webster Gateway: "obedient"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Obedient \O*be"di*ent\, a. [OF. obedient, L. obediens,
oboediens, -entis. p. pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See
{Obey}.]
Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey;
submissive to restraint, control, or command.
And floating straight, obedient to the stream. --Shak.
The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due
observance, wait the chief's command. --Pope.
Syn: Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
obedient
adj : dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of
those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient
children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the
obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory
remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke [ant: {disobedient}]
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