law-obedient

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• law-abiding — I adjective according to law, acquiescent, bene moratus, complying, conforming, dutiful, ethical, evenhanded, high minded, high principled, honest, honorable, incorrupt, incorruptible, inviolate, inapproachable, law revering, licit, moral, noble …   Law dictionary

• obedient — I adjective acquiescent, amenable, attentive, behaved, biddable, complaisant, compilable, compliant, complying, conformable, conforming, controllable, dedicated, deferential, devoted, dicto audiens, docile, ductile, duteous, dutiful, faithful,… …   Law dictionary

• law–abiding — law–abid·ing / lȯ ə bī diŋ/ adj: abiding by or obedient to the law law–abid·ing·ness n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• Law-abiding — Law a*bid ing, a. Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; as, law abiding people. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• law-abiding — law abidingness, n. /law euh buy ding/, adj. obeying or keeping the law; obedient to law: law abiding citizens. [1830 40] * * * …   Universalium

• law-abiding — /ˈlɔr əbaɪdɪŋ/ (say lawr uhbuyding) adjective abiding by or keeping the law; obedient to law: law abiding citizens. –law abidingness, noun …  

• obedient — obedient, docile, tractable, amenable, biddable mean submissive to the will, guidance, or control of another. Though applied chiefly to persons, they are sometimes extended to things. Obedient implies due compliance with the commands or requests… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• obedient — [adj] well behaved; submissive acquiescent, amenable, at one’s beck and call*, attentive, biddable, complaisant, compliant, controllable, deferential, devoted, docile, docious, duteous, dutiful, faithful, governable, honoring, in one’s clutches* …   New thesaurus

• law-abiding — obedient to the law, orderly …   English contemporary dictionary

• law-abiding — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ obedient to the laws of society …   English terms dictionary

• obedient — o|be|di|ent [əˈbi:diənt] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of oboedire; OBEY] 1.) always doing what you are told to do, or what the law, a rule etc says you must do ≠ ↑disobedient ▪ an obedient child obedient… …   Dictionary of contemporary English