| NOUN | state | subservience | the condition of being something that is useful in reaching / reaching an end or carrying out a plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | subservience, subservientness | in a subservient state | |
| attribute | subservience, obsequiousness, servility | abject or cringing submissiveness |
| Sounds | sahbser'viyahns | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | The condition of being something that is useful in reaching / reaching an end or carrying out a plan. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "all his actions were in subservience to the general plan" | |
| Broader | condition, status | A state at a particular time |
| Verbs | subserve | be helpful or useful |
| Meaning | In a subservient state. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | subservientness | |
| Broader | subordinateness, subsidiarity | secondary importance |
| Spanish | servilismo, subordinación | |
| Meaning | abject or cringing submissiveness. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | obsequiousness, servility | |
| Narrower | sycophancy | fawning obsequiousness |
| Broader | submissiveness | The trait of being willing / willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc. |
| Spanish | obsequiosidad, rendimiento, servilismo, sometimiento | |
| Catalan | servilisme | |
| Adjectives | subservient | abjectly submissive |
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