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# obey, obedient, obedience
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## Definition
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The term "obey" means to do what someone in authority requires or commands them to do. The term "obedient" describes the character of someone who obeys.
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* People also obey laws which are created by leaders of a country, state or organization.
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* Children obey their parents, slaves obey their masters, people obey God, and citizens obey the laws of their country.
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* When the law or someone in authority commands people not to do something, they obey by not doing that.
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* Ways to translate this term could include a word or phrase that means, "doing what is commanded" or "following orders" or "doing what God says to do."
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