submissiveness

  • 21submission — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Yielding Nouns 1. submission, submissiveness, obedience, resignation, patience, humility, self abasement, compliance, pliancy, docility, passivity, acquiescence, sufferance, conformity, subjection;… …

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  • 22obsequiousness — noun abject or cringing submissiveness • Syn: ↑servility, ↑subservience • Derivationally related forms: ↑subservient (for: ↑subservience), ↑servile (for: ↑ …

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  • 23servility — noun abject or cringing submissiveness • Syn: ↑obsequiousness, ↑subservience • Derivationally related forms: ↑subservient (for: ↑subservience), ↑servile, ↑obsequious …

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  • 24subordination — noun 1. the state of being subordinate to something • Derivationally related forms: ↑subordinate • Hypernyms: ↑dependence, ↑dependance, ↑dependency 2. the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class • Syn …

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  • 25subservience — noun 1. the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan all his actions were in subservience to the general plan • Derivationally related forms: ↑subserve • Hypernyms: ↑condition, ↑status 2. in a… …

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  • 26Discipline — Dis ci*pline, n. [F. discipline, L. disciplina, from discipulus. See {Disciple}.] 1. The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral …

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  • 27Subjection — Sub*jec tion, n. [L. subjectio: cf. OF. subjection, F. subj[ e]tion. See {Subject}, a.] 1. The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing. [1913 Webster] The conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the …

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  • 28Submissness — Sub*miss ness, n. Submissiveness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 29inactive — adjective Date: 1664 not active: as a. (1) sedentary (2) indolent, sluggish b. (1) being out of use (2) relating to or being members of the armed forces who are not performing or available for military duties (3) of a disease quiescent …

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  • 30resignation — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. an act or instance of resigning something ; surrender b. a formal notification of resigning 2. the quality or state of being resigned ; submissiveness …

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