Meaning & use
Servility
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Excessive willingness to serve or please others; a submissive, obsequious manner.
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His servility toward his boss made his coworkers uncomfortable.
The courtiers were expected to show total servility to the king.
A note on using this word
Carries a negative connotation, implying a degrading or excessive submissiveness rather than simple helpfulness.
Words with a similar meaning
obsequiousnesssubservience
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