Incompliant and Obsequious

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Incompliant adjective - Given to resisting authority or another's control.

Usage example: a perpetually incompliant employee who seemed to think that the rules did not apply to him

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Obsequious is an antonym for incompliant.

Obsequious adjective - Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.

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Incompliant is an antonym for obsequious.

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