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SUBSERVIENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abject or cringing submissiveness
Synonyms:
obsequiousness; servility; subservience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("subservience" is a kind of...):
submissiveness (the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subservience"):
sycophancy (fawning obsequiousness)
Derivation:
subservient (abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In a subservient state
Synonyms:
subservience; subservientness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("subservience" is a kind of...):
subordinateness; subsidiarity (secondary importance)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan
Example:
all his actions were in subservience to the general plan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("subservience" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Derivation:
subserve (be helpful or useful)
