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subservience
DEFINITIONS OF:
subservience
1
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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