noun
- The quality or state of willingly carrying out the wishes of others: acquiescence, amenability, amenableness, compliance, compliancy, deference, obedience, submission, tractability, tractableness. See resist/yield.
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noun
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.
Did you mean: submissiveness, submissive
| submissness | |
| obedience | |
| passivity |
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