Followed or complied with a command, rule, or instruction given by someone in authority.
From Old French 'obéir,' derived from Latin 'obaudire,' combining 'ob-' (toward) and 'audire' (to hear), literally meaning to listen toward someone.
The psychology of obedience is darker than we'd like to admit—famous experiments like Milgram's showed ordinary people will harm others if an authority figure tells them to, revealing how deep obedience instincts run.
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