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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as subserviency.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state of being subservient.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun in a subservient state
  • noun abject or cringing submissiveness
  • noun the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan

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