n.
[Cf. F. servilité.]
The quality or state of being servile; servileness.
To be a queen in bondage is more vileShak.
Than is a slave in base servility.
servility
| Dictionary: Ser·vil·i·ty |
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| Thesaurus: servility |
noun
- A state of subjugation to an owner or master: bondage, enslavement, helotry, serfdom, servileness, servitude, slavery, thrall, thralldom, villeinage, yoke. See over/under.
| WordNet: servility |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
abject or cringing submissiveness
Synonyms: obsequiousness, subservience
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- vernility
- abjectness
- sycophancy
- lick someone's boots (Idiom)
- subservience
- cringe
- abjection
- John Anderson (Australian-Scottish philosopher)
- contemptible
- sneak
