Definition of subservience
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:a subservient or subordinate place or function
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:obsequious servility
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In the aftermath, Hoskins set aside his own grief in subservience to that of his younger sister, Meloria.
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Kyrie's) passing inclinations on the basketball court have not been regular enough to qualify as a phase, a craze, or anything but abject subservience to his one-on-one plays.
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On the sideline, Alessandro Di Battista, a party leader, said the era of Italian subservience to the United States was over.
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Scruggs’s look at the way subservience is enforced—partly by the oppressed themselves, brainwashed into acceptance—is disquieting, to say the least.
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And Trump, who burned through three campaign managers in less than a year and routinely mocks his aides to their faces, is a hard boss to please, demanding not merely loyalty but, at times, subservience.
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Usually, however, a male will yield to the stronger challenger, often showing subservience by grooming or making a coughing sound.
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First Known Use of subservience
circa 1676
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