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ob⋅se⋅quence

  [ob-si-kwuhns]
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–noun
willingness or eagerness to comply, please, serve, etc.; obsequiousness.
Also, ob⋅se⋅que⋅ence  [ob-see-kwee-uhns] .

Origin:
1595–1605; < L obsequentia, equiv. to obsequent-, s. of obsequēns prp. of obsequī to comply with (see obsequious ) + -ia -ia
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