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Meaning of SERVILITY

Pronunciation:  `sur'vilutee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  abject or cringing submissiveness
 
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 Synonyms: obsequiousness, subservience
 
 See Also: submissiveness, sycophancy

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ser*vil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. servilit['e].]
The quality or state of being servile; servileness.
      To be a queen in bondage is more vile Than is a slave
      in base servility.                       --Shak.
 

 

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