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Showing extreme submission, loss of self-respect, or hopelessness.

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abject

The novel portrays an abject surrender in which the adviser abandons every objection.
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An abject plea in a fictional hotel scene has a junior steward call himself worthless and beg permission to keep even the smallest responsibility.
From How People Yield to Pressure.
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