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Doing what you're told, dressed up as virtue or filed under self-preservation.

means To comply with a command, rule, or authority, following instructions rather than your own judgment.

from From Latin oboedire, literally to listen towardobedience began as careful hearing, then hardened into action.

Built from earsSame root as audio: hearing precedes heeding.
Milgram's labMost people shock strangers if a coat says so.
Old French detourReached English via obeir, twelfth century.
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