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subservience

DEFINITIONS OF: subservience

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n the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan

“all his actions were in subservience to the general plan”
Type of:
condition, status
a state at a particular time

n in a subservient state

Synonyms:
subservientness
Type of:
subordinateness, subsidiarity
secondary importance

n abject or cringing submissiveness

Synonyms:
obsequiousness, servility
Types:
sycophancy
fawning obsequiousness
Type of:
submissiveness
the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.
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