Obedient, a.
Etymology: [OF. obedient, L. obediens, oboediens, -entis. p.pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See Obey.]
Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. And floating straight, obedient to the stream. Shak. The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due observance, wait the chief's command. Pope.
Syn. -- Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for obedient; he lists it under docile.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.