subservient

Definitions


[səbˈsəːvɪənt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- prepared to obey others unquestioningly
(e.g: she was subservient to her parents)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin subservient- ‘subjecting to, complying with’, from the verb subservire (see subserve)




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