obedient

/ō-ˈbē-dē-ənt/

Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin oboedient-, oboediens, from present participle of oboedīre "to follow the commands of, submit to"

adjective

  1. submissive to the restraint or command of authority : willing to obey

an obedient child

obedient docile tractable amenable mean submissive to the will of another. obedient implies compliance with the demands or requests of one in authority. docile implies a predisposition to submit readily to control or guidance.