subserviency

  • 61subservient — adj. 1 cringing; obsequious. 2 (usu. foll. by to) serving as a means; instrumental. 3 (usu. foll. by to) subordinate. Derivatives: subservience n. subserviency n. subserviently adv. Etymology: L subserviens subservient (as SUBSERVE) …

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