English noun: subservience | |||
1. | subservience (state) the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan | ||
Samples | All his actions were in subservience to the general plan. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | condition, status | ||
2. | subservience (state) in a subservient state | ||
Synonyms | subservientness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | subordinateness, subsidiarity | ||
3. | subservience (attribute) abject or cringing submissiveness | ||
Synonyms | obsequiousness, servility | ||
Broader (hypernym) | submissiveness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | sycophancy | ||