adjective (a)

• dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority(adj.all)

  Example:
  An obedient soldier.
  Obedient children.
  A little man obedient to his wife.
  The obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened.
  

  Antonym:
  disobedient
  

  source: wordnet30
• Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.(adjective)

  source: webster1913