subservience
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Then McMahon stopped reaching for his own laughs and settled into the long-running role of Mr. Subservience.
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Subservience to the common cause is necessary, but subservience to another nation's desires tends to compromise the common goal.
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Subservience before the boss is a talent of statesmanship which Harry Truman mastered to perfection.
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An Imitation of his Faults, or a Compliance, if not Subservience, to his Vices, must be the Measures of your Conduct.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
Subservience to mere custom is as common as that to teacher and to print.
From How to Study and Teaching How to Study by McMurry, Frank M. (Frank Morton)
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