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obeying

ADJECTIVE

submissive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accommodating deferential dutiful meek obedient passive

WEAK

abject acquiescent amenable bowing down comformable complying docile domesticated giving-in humble ingratiating lowly malleable menial nonresistant nonresisting obeisant obsequious patient pliable pliant resigned servile slavish subdued tame tractable uncomplaining unresisting yes yielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disobedient immodest

WEAK

fighting intractable resistant unyielding

ADVERB

under

Synonyms

WEAK

amenable belonging collateral consequent corollary dependent directed following governed in the power of included inferior junior lesser low lower obedient reporting sub subject subjugated subordinate subsequent subservient subsidiary substract subsumed

Antonyms

WEAK

above higher major more over primary up upward

Example Sentences

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Pasha said he was instructed to film and send proof to the authorities that the school was obeying the new curriculum.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

What about the risks of obeying an unlawful order?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

All of this may be of little practical concern since the chances of your ever actually facing a court-martial for obeying these particular unlawful orders are slim to zero.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

Increasingly, U.S. companies are worried that by obeying U.S. laws, they could run afoul of Chinese rules.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

“Tell me, what does it say in there about obeying the government?”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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