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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