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Servile

Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience.

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Fawning 84% connected

of Fawn

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Fawning 84% connected

of Fawn

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Obsequious 84% connected

Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.

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Obsequious 84% connected

Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.

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Slavish 84% connected

Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great.

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Slavish 84% connected

Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great.

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Submissive 84% connected

Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.

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Submissive 84% connected

Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.

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Subservient 84% connected

Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.

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Subservient 84% connected

Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.

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Sycophantic 84% connected

Alt. of Sycophantical

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Sycophantic 84% connected

Alt. of Sycophantical

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Unfree 84% connected

Not free; held in bondage.

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Unfree 84% connected

Not free; held in bondage.

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Servility 74% connected

The quality or state of being servile; servileness.

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Servility 74% connected

The quality or state of being servile; servileness.

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