View synonyms for subservience

subservience

[ suhb-sur-vee-uhns ]

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noun

the fact of serving in a subordinate position or role:
There is no hierarchy, no dominance or subservience of any member, in this vision of the faith community.
a servile or excessively submissive quality or manner:
Was I so weak that a child could reduce me to this fawning subservience—without will, without character?
the fact or quality of being useful, or the state of being used, to promote a certain purpose or end:
Popular nationalists decried Irish subservience to British commercial interests, and promised to strengthen economic sovereignty.

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