as in obedient
readily giving in to the command or authority of another
the law-abiding citizens of the neighborhood did everything they could to help reduce street crime
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Recent Examples of law-abiding
But in fact, the Democrats are just scattering these career criminals into previously peaceful, law-abiding communities.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 8 Oct. 2025
Getaway cars very rarely are known for their safe, law-abiding driving.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
Insist that the federal government deploy those resources to get the violent offenders who are killing, assaulting and robbing law-abiding citizens on the city’s South and West sides.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
That question is of critical importance to tens of millions of law-abiding AR–15 owners throughout the country.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 2 June 2025
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 8 Oct. 2025
Getaway cars very rarely are known for their safe, law-abiding driving.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
Insist that the federal government deploy those resources to get the violent offenders who are killing, assaulting and robbing law-abiding citizens on the city’s South and West sides.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
That question is of critical importance to tens of millions of law-abiding AR–15 owners throughout the country.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for law-abiding
obedient
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There’s a difference, school leaders said, between building the confidence of girls, whom society expects to be obedient and agreeable, and building the confidence of boys, who get different societal messages.—
Melanie Asmar,
Denver Post,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Tyrell Corporation, a powerful company that created the replicants and profits from sending them to work on distant colonies, sees them as nothing more than obedient workers.—
Claire A. Simmers,
The Conversation,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Law-abiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/law-abiding. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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