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Inclined to accept another person's authority or wishes without resistance.

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submissive

The timid character's submissive response contrasts with her later insistence on being heard.
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A submissive colleague routinely accepts the supervisor's wishes without resistance, though she does not degrade herself in the same extreme way.
From How People Yield to Pressure.
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