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Disobedient
Disobedient Dis`o*be"di*ent, a. [Pref. dis- + obedient. See Disobey, Obedient.] 1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts. This disobedient spirit in the colonies. --Burke. Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. --1 Kings xiii. 26. 2. Not yielding. Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli. --E. Darwin.
Disobediently
Disobediently Dis`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. In a disobedient manner.
Inobedient
Inobedient In`o*be"di*ent, a. [L. inoboediens, p. pr. of inoboedire : cf.F. inobedient. See Obedient.] Not obedient; disobedient. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Inobediently
Inobedient In`o*be"di*ent, a. [L. inoboediens, p. pr. of inoboedire : cf.F. inobedient. See Obedient.] Not obedient; disobedient. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Obediently
Obediently O*be"di*ent*ly, adv. In an obedient manner; with obedience.
Unobedient
Unobedient Un`o*be"di*ent, a. Disobedient. [Obs.] --Milton.
Your obedient servant
Servant Serv"ant, n. [OE. servant, servaunt, F. servant, a & p. pr. of servir to serve, L. servire. See Serve, and cf. Sergeant.] 1. One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper. ``A yearly hired servant.' --Lev. xxv. 53. Men in office have begun to think themselves mere agents and servants of the appointing power, and not agents of the government or the country. --D. Webster. Note: In a legal sense, stewards, factors, bailiffs, and other agents, are servants for the time they are employed in such character, as they act in subordination to others. So any person may be legally the servant of another, in whose business, and under whose order, direction, and control, he is acting for the time being. --Chitty. 2. One in a state of subjection or bondage. Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt. --Deut. v. 15. 3. A professed lover or suitor; a gallant. [Obs.] In my time a servant was I one. --Chaucer. Servant of servants, one debased to the lowest condition of servitude. Your humble servant, or Your obedient servant, phrases of civility often used in closing a letter. Our betters tell us they are our humble servants, but understand us to be their slaves. --Swift.

Meaning of Obedient from wikipedia

- still choose to submit to the demand, they are acting obediently. Humans have been shown to be obedient in the presence of perceived legitimate authority...
- destroyers of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Obedient: The first, HMS Obedient (1916), launched in 1916, was an Admiralty M-class destroyer...
- The Obedient Wives Club is an international Islamic religious organization which claims to promote harmonious families by teaching wives how to be submissive...
- Physostegia virginiana, the obedient plant, obedience or false dragonhead, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native...
- An Obedient Father is a 2000 novel by Akhil Sharma. It received the 2001 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and Whiting Writers' Award. Set during the ********ination...
- straightforward, trusty, worth of belief (believable), loyal, faithful, obedient of Iman". Amina bint Wahb (549–577), mother of Muhammad Amina bint Affan...
- Cannibal" and "Fuels the Comedy") Noisia ("Kill Mercy Within", "Burn the Obedient" and "Let's Go") Jonathan Davis – executive producer, additional production...
- obedient servant." Letters to the pope should end, "I have the honour to be Your Holiness's most devoted and obedient child." (substituting "obedient...
- "Your Obedient Servant " is the seventh episode of the second series of the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs. The episode is set in 1909...
- HMS Obedient was an O-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton, between 1940 and 1942. During Warship...