SUBSERVIENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Abject or cringing submissiveness

Synonyms:

obsequiousness; servility; subservience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("subservience" is a kind of...):

submissiveness (the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subservience"):

sycophancy (fawning obsequiousness)

Derivation:

subservient (abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant)

Meaning:

In a subservient state

Synonyms:

subservience; subservientness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("subservience" is a kind of...):

subordinateness; subsidiarity (secondary importance)

Meaning:

The condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan

Example:

all his actions were in subservience to the general plan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("subservience" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Derivation:

subserve (be helpful or useful)