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subservient

adjective

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Excessively obedient or willing to put oneself below others.

The story questions why the adviser remains so subservient to the ruler.

Dictionary practice example.

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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