What does servility mean?
Definitions for servility
ser·vil·i·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
obsequiousness, servility, subserviencenoun
abject or cringing submissiveness
Wiktionary
servilitynoun
The condition of being servile.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Servileness, Servilitynoun
Etymology: from servile.
What, besides this unhappy servility to custom, can possibly reconcile men that own christianity, to a practice widely distant from it? Govern. of the Tongue.
The angels and dæmons, those by their subserviency, and these by the servility of their obedience, manifestly declared Christ and his apostles to be vested with an authority derived from their Lord. Gilbert West.
To be a queen in bondage, is more vile
Than is a slave in base servility;
For princes should be free. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.
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servility
Servility is a behavior that is submissive or fawning in nature, often stemming from a desire to please others or due to fear. It is characterized by a willingness to serve or please others excessively, often associated with a lack of self-esteem or self-worth.
Webster Dictionary
Servilitynoun
the quality or state of being servile; servileness
Etymology: [Cf. F. servilit.]
The Roycroft Dictionary
servility
1. The instinct of superiority in its lowest form. 2. The politician's virtue. 3. A means of getting on. 4. A natural law, the violation of which makes one famous and poor.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of servility in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of servility in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of servility in a Sentence
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs...
The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.
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