What does «obedecer» mean in Spanish?

• Doing what someone else commands.
  
  Examples of use in Spanish: "obedecer a un superior".
  
  
• Execute what the laws order.
• Yield with docility to the direction that man gives.
  
  Examples of use in Spanish: "el caballo obedece al freno, a la mano".
  
  
• Have a motive.
  
  Examples of use in Spanish: "mi acción obedece a razones humanitarias".

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