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submissiveness

NOUN
obedience
Synonyms
STRONG
accordance acquiescence agreement amenability amenableness compliance compliancy conformity deference docility dutifulness duty manageability meekness observance orderliness quietness respect reverence servility submission subservience tameness tractability tractableness willingness
WEAK
conformability duteousness
Antonyms
STRONG
disagreement disdain dishonor disobedience disregard disrespect fight nonconformity refusal

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Queen's Submissiveness to the Reproofs of the Empress.—

From The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Yonge, Charles Duke

Submissiveness to the prescriptions of men as necessities of nature is the lesson inculcated by all governments upon those who are wholly without participation in them.

From Considerations on Representative Government by Mill, John Stuart

Submissiveness is a desirable grace and one that will strew your pathway with peace.

From How to Live a Holy Life by Orr, Charles Ebert

Antoinette goes to see it—The Queen's Submissiveness to the Reproofs of the Empress.—

From The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Yonge, Charles Duke

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