BE OBEDIENT &c. adj.; obey, bear obedience to; submit [See Submission]; comply, answer the helm, come at one’s call; do one’s bidding, do what one is told, do suit and service; attend to orders; serve -faithfully, - loyally, - devotedly, - without question; give -loyal, - devoted- service; be resigned to, be submissive to.
follow, - the lead of, - to the world’s end; serve [See Servant]; play second fiddle.
ADJECTIVE:
OBEDIENT, law-abiding, complying, compliant; loyal, faithful, devoted; at one’s -call, - command, - orders, - beck and call; under beck and call, under control. restrainable; resigned, passive; submissive [See Submission]; henpecked; pliant (soft) [See Softness].
unresisted, unresisting.
ADVERB:
OBEDIENTLY &c. adj.; as you please, if you please; in compliance with, in obedience to; at your -command, - orders, - service.
QUOTATIONS:
To hear is to obey.
Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why.—Tennyson
Obedience, bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth.—Shelley
