subservience
🇺🇸
/səbˈsɜːrviəns/
🇬🇧
/səbˈsɜːviəns/
noun
R
Being too willing to obey others, like doing whatever they say without question.
He showed subservience by always agreeing with his boss, even when he didn't agree.
R
Being less important than something else, like a side dish to the main meal.
In the art world, drawing often shows subservience to more established forms like painting and sculpture.
translation
Being too willing to obey others, like doing whatever they say without question.; Being less important than something else, like a side dish to the main meal.
Word Forms
Plural
subserviences