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What is the adjective for obey?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb obey which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

obedient
  1. Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Most technological futurology sees agents as benign, obedient slaves who only have our best interests at heart.”
      “This fits the notion that females are socialized to be dependent and obedient, while males are socialized to be independent and self-willed.”
      “Anne was a queen without a king, even though she had a spouse, who played the public but informal role of a loyal and obedient subject.”
obeisant
  1. courteously deferential and respectful.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Your right to travel through cyberspace without a snoop noting your every move is one of the next hoops the president will wave before an obeisant Congress.”
      “Sir David Lock, the picture's central figure, sits puffing on a hookah while enjoying a naatch and surrounded by obeisant courtiers.”
      “Parsing their complex performances, she convincingly reads them as both obeisant and self-empowering.”
obediential
  1. (obsolete) According to the rule of obedience.
obeysant
  1. Obsolete form of obeisant.
obeysaunt
  1. Obsolete form of obeisant.
obeisaunt
  1. Obsolete form of obeisant.
obeyable
  1. Capable of being obeyed.
obedible
  1. (obsolete) obedient
obeyed
obeying
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