Compliant 1. Disposed or willing to comply; submissive.
Obedient 1. Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or
instructions
of one in authority. Synonyms: obedient biddable compliant acquiescent
submissive docile amenable tractable These adjectives mean
carrying or
willing to carry out the orders, requests, or wishes of another. Obedient
implies acceptance of and submission to authority:
Amenable 1. Responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion;
tractable.. 2.
Responsible to higher authority; accountable. 3. Open to testing, criticism, or
judgment
Submit 1. To yield or surrender (oneself) to the will or authority
of another: 2.
To subject to a condition or process. 1. To give in to the authority, power, or
desires of another. 2. To allow oneself to be subjected to something.
The dictionary definitions here make no inherent value
judgment about the
behavior involved or implied. The definitions describe the Social Level of life
and living. The Psychological Process Level of peoples “internal behavior”,
I
believe, significantly drives and determines the outcome at their Social
Level.
Care must be taken in differentiating between the Social Level
and the
Psychological Level of Compliance and Rebellion. It is often to easy to dismiss
the psychological value of COMPLIANCE to maintain our own comfort level.
