obsequiousness

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  1. The quality or state of being obsequious; ready obedience; prompt compliance with the commands of another; servile submission; officious or superserviceable readiness to serve. Synonyms Compliance, etc. See obedience.

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  • Only her continued obsequiousness to him enabled him to act like a Satrap at all. —  Ship Of Destiny
  • Trevalor covered himself in obsequiousness as aging women deck themselves in jewels. —  Dalamar the Dark
  • Corruption, unfairness, incompetence, obsequiousness, and exploiting the folks have always made me mad. —  Who's Looking Out for You
  • He had none of the fawning obsequiousness which is so common to the Hindoo, but was a merry laughing fellow, with a keen love of sport and a great appreciation of humour. —  Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter
  • Charles had been so long keeping up a show of obsequiousness which he did not feel that, undoubtedly, he enjoyed again being the first personage. [ —  Charles the Bold
 

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