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English noun: subservience

1. subservience (state) the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan


SamplesAll his actions were in subservience to the general plan.


Broader (hypernym)condition, status

2. subservience (state) in a subservient state


Synonymssubservientness


Broader (hypernym)subordinateness, subsidiarity

3. subservience (attribute) abject or cringing submissiveness


Synonymsobsequiousness, servility


Broader (hypernym)submissiveness


Narrower (hyponym)sycophancy









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