subservience

Definitions

The quality of being submissive or prepared to obey others unquestioningly.

The condition of being less important than something else; subordination.

Examples

The manager demanded total subservience from his employees, refusing to tolerate any form of dissent.

Her quiet subservience was merely a mask for the rebellion she was planning in secret.

The historical text explores the forced subservience of the peasantry under the feudal system.

Synonyms

submissiveness servility obsequiousness deference acquiescence compliance sycophancy

Antonyms

assertiveness defiance independence insubordination rebelliousness autonomy dominance