subserviency

  • 51subservient — adjective (often subservient to) 1》 prepared to obey others unquestioningly; obsequious. 2》 less important; subordinate. Derivatives subservience noun subserviency noun subserviently adverb …

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  • 52subjection — n. 1. (Act of) subjecting, subduing, controlling, putting down or under, subjugation, conquest, subordinating. 2. Dependence, subordination, subserviency, subordinacy …

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  • 53subordination — n. 1. Subjection, act of subordinating. 2. Inferiority, subjection, subserviency …

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  • 54subservience — n.; (also subserviency) 1. Subordination, inferiority. 2. Usefulness, helpfulness …

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  • 55cater — vb Cater, purvey, pander are comparable when they mean to furnish with what satisfies the appetite or desires. Cater basically implies the provision of what is needed in the way of food and drink {he that doth the ravens feed, yea, providently… …

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  • 56deterioration — deterioration, degeneration, devolution, decadence, decline, declension are comparable as meaning either the process of falling from a higher to a lower level or the state of a thing when such a falling has occurred. Deterioration is the least… …

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  • 57inferiority — n 1. subordination, secondary or junior status or standing, second fiddle; lowliness, subservience, subserviency; pettiness, paltriness, unimportance, insignificance. 2. lowness, meanness, baseness, rankness, shoddiness, sleaziness, cheapness,… …

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  • 58subordination — n 1. inferiority, lesser standing, inferior status, secondary position, second fiddle; lowliness, subservience, subserviency. 2. servility, slavishness, submissiveness, docility, unassertiveness; obsequiousness, abjection, obeisance, prostration; …

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  • 59subservient — /səbˈsɜviənt / (say suhb serveeuhnt) adjective 1. serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate. 2. (of persons, their conduct, etc.) servile; excessively submissive; obsequious. 3. of use as a means to promote a purpose or end. {Latin …

  • 60subservience — [səb sʉr′vē əns] n. 1. the state or quality of being subservient 2. subservient behavior or manner; obsequiousness; servility: Also subserviency …

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