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subservience

[suhb-sur-vee-uhns] / səbˈsɜr vi əns /




NOUN
subordination
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Then McMahon stopped reaching for his own laughs and settled into the long-running role of Mr. Subservience.

From Time Magazine Archive

Subservience to the common cause is necessary, but subservience to another nation's desires tends to compromise the common goal.

From Time Magazine Archive

Subservience before the boss is a talent of statesmanship which Harry Truman mastered to perfection.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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