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obsequence

[ ob-si-kwuhns ]

noun

  1. willingness or eagerness to comply, please, serve, etc.; obsequiousness.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of obsequence1

1595–1605; < Latin obsequentia, equivalent to obsequent-, stem of obsequēns present participle of obsequī to comply with ( obsequious ) + -ia -ia

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