obeying

4 definitions • 4 examples

present participle of

to act according to what you have been asked or ordered to do by someone in authority, or to behave according to a rule, law, or instruction:

The soldiers refused to obey (orders).

to obey the rules of international law

to behave according to a scientific principle:

Falling objects obey the law of gravity.

If your body or part of your body does not obey you, it does not work in the way it should:

She was so tired her legs just wouldn't obey her any longer.