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All servility synonyms

ser·vile
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noun servility

  • ingratiation — to establish (oneself or someone else) in the favor or good graces of someone, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with): He ingratiated himself with all the guests. She ingratiated her colleagues with her well-researched project proposal.
  • defeatism — Defeatism is a way of thinking or talking which suggests that you expect to be unsuccessful.
  • manageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
  • helotry — serfdom; slavery.
  • feudalism — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
  • humility — the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc.
  • eyewash — Cleansing solution for a person’s eye.
  • bondage — Bondage is the condition of being someone's property and having to work for them.
  • obedience — the state or quality of being obedient.
  • cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
  • moil — to work hard; drudge.
  • obsequiousness — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
  • fawning — a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
  • nonresistance — the policy or practice of not resisting violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, by force.
  • dutifulness — The state of being dutiful.
  • hokum — out-and-out nonsense; bunkum.
  • jive — swing music or early jazz.
  • abjection — an abject state or condition
  • conformability — Conformableness.
  • docility — easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
  • flattery — the act of flattering.
  • fulsomeness — The state or quality of being fulsome or showing overdone and insincere flattery.
  • ligament — Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
  • yoke — a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal. Compare harness (def 1).
  • flummery — oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick.
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