servility
Example Sentences
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They learned that there was no way to avoid that short of total servility and deference.
From Salon • May 12, 2023
The abject servility with which Pierce’s Willy rushes to retrieve the lighter that Howard has dropped on the floor, speaks volumes about powerlessness.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2022
It isn’t luck, pluck or happy coincidence that propels Balram from his ragged beginnings to sleek triumph, but cunning, desperation and a coldbloodedness that can masquerade as servility.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2021
The word, of course, has another connotation: an aspect of servility.
From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2018
In fact, he enjoyed the worm’s-eye view that servility offered to him.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
