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Excessively obedient or willing to put oneself below others.

adjective

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subservient

The story questions why the adviser remains so subservient to the ruler.
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Daria worried that the committee was taking a subservient role by treating the donor's preferences as more important than its own considered judgments.
From Courtesy Without Giving Away Judgment.
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