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submissive

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

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

The timid character's submissive response contrasts with her later insistence on being heard.

Dictionary practice example.

A submissive colleague routinely accepts the supervisor's wishes without resistance, though she does not degrade herself in the same extreme way.