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What does obedient mean?

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Adjective
  1. Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.
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At the Bema the clergy will sit, among the people, to listen to the Word of God in the obedient attitude of the disciples.
The first case is quite Orwellian in that the media, especially the state-owned media, serves as governments' obedient mouthpieces.
For nature is the minister of the Divine will not an instrument obedient to the command of man.
This fits the notion that females are socialized to be dependent and obedient, while males are socialized to be independent and self-willed.
If we want this province not to be the poorest of them all, let us try to be obedient, loyal, true and faithful.
With an obedient nod, she turned for the door that led to the servants' quarters, below stairs.

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