subservience
noun/səbˈsɜːviəns/
/səbˈsɜːrviəns/
[uncountable]- subservience (of somebody) (to somebody/something) (disapproving) the fact of being too willing to obey other people
- his subservience to his brother
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- subservience of something (to something) (formal) the fact of being less important than something else
- the subservience of drawing to the more traditional finished media (oil on canvas, sculpture, architecture, etc.)
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