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Definition of servility :
The quality or state of being servile; servileness.
Synonyms:
villeinage, servileness, yoke, obsequiousness, over, thralldom, helotry, subservientness
compliance (part of speech: noun)
affirmation, agreement, obedience, concurrence, compliance, conformity, acquiescence, deference, fealty, resignation, willingness, fulfillment, capitulation, observance, genuflection, conformance, submissiveness, assent, homage, obeisance, respect, submission, surrender, meekness, acceptance, consent, adherence
servility (part of speech: noun)
humbleness, docility, serfdom, inferiority, slavishness, servitude, vassalage, subjection, duty, humility, subordination, yieldingness, complaisance, lowliness, subservience
subordination (part of speech: noun)
subjugation, service, supineness, thrall, enslavement, slavery, constraint, bondage
obedience (part of speech: noun)
devotion, allegiance, loyalty, faithfulness
Usage examples:
- The theory of fractions is therefore another signal instance of the servility of your mind. - "Seraphita", Honore de Balzac.
- His terms, too, applied to honor and that abominable politeness in which there is servility and insolence!... - "Cosmopolis, Complete", Paul Bourget Last Updated: March 3, 2009.
- If you think I'll accept deference and servility from any man who has endured the same hunger and cold and wounds that I endured in France- then guess again! - "The Mardi Gras Mystery", H. Bedford-Jones.
