Antonyms for subservience


Grammar : Noun
Spell : suh b-sur-vee-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : səbˈsɜr vi ənt


Definition of subservience

Origin :
  • 1630s, "useful, serviceable," from Latin subservientem (nominative subserviens), present participle of subservire "assist, lend support," from sub "under" (see sub-) + servire "serve" (see serve). The meaning "slavishly obedient" is first recorded 1794.
  • As in obedience : noun good behavior; submissiveness
  • As in subordination : noun subjection
  • As in submissiveness : noun obedience
  • As in tractability : noun obedience
  • As in tractableness : noun obedience
  • As in dependence/dependency : noun addiction, need
  • As in humility : noun humbleness, modesty
Example sentences :
  • Mr. Berridge stood a figure of subservience in the background.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder » by J. D. Beresford
  • And if they would not assume positions of subservience, they must be destroyed.
  • Extract from : « Eight Keys to Eden » by Mark Irvin Clifton
  • Not a few of the Romans were chafing at their leader's subservience to a "Barbarian" queen.
  • Extract from : « Famous Sea Fights » by John Richard Hale
  • Pius IV had carried to an extreme his subservience to Philip.
  • Extract from : « A History of The Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2, » by Henry Charles Lea
  • They have not a touch of subservience in their manner or their talk.
  • Extract from : « The Spirit of America » by Henry Van Dyke
  • In that moment, she was not aware that she stood between duty and subservience.
  • Extract from : « The Homesteader » by Oscar Micheaux
  • All that her weakness and subservience had caused, continued, and at last the event of the night.
  • Extract from : « The Homesteader » by Oscar Micheaux
  • She was in the first subservience to that power which feeds the streams of human history.
  • Extract from : « The Right of Way, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • But the cheapest which we purchase with subservience is too dear.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 » by Various
  • Apart from all such questions, the fact of subservience exists.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 » by Various

Synonyms for subservience

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