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subservience |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Subservience \Sub*serv"i*ence\, Subserviency \Sub*serv"i*en*cy\, n. The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use hence willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense servility. The body wherein appears much fitness, use and subserviency to infinite functions. --Bentley. There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends --Cheyne. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: subservience n 1: in a subservient state [syn: {subservientness}] 2: abject or cringing submissiveness [syn: {obsequiousness}, {servility}]
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