subservience
subservience noun: the state of being subservient.
Noun
subservience (usually uncountable, plural subserviences)
- The state of being subservient.
- But bureaucracy, the lack of an obvious champion and the reluctance of the DfT to commit to anything because of its subservience to the Treasury all make life difficult for the group.2021 October 20, Christian Wolmar, “A stern test for Government's 'Levelling up' agenda”, in RAIL, number 942, page 45
subservience meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
subservience in Hindi
- subservience, submissiveness, meekness
- विनम्रता vinamratā
subservience in Tamil
- கருவிப்பயனுடைமை
subservience in Urdu
- اعانت, خدمت گزاری, ماتحتی
subservience in Bengali
- দাসত্ব, বশ্যতা
More languagesFewer languages
- subservience in Persian
- ملازمت molâzemat
Forms of subservience
| plural | subserviences |
|---|---|
| alternative form | subserviency |
Origin of subservience
From subservi(ent) + -ence.
Questions about subservience
- What does subservience mean?
- Subservience means the state of being subservient.
- What is subservience in Hindi?
- Subservience in Hindi is विनम्रता (vinamratā). See Subservience meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is subservience?
- Subservience is a noun.
- What is the plural of subservience?
- The plural of subservience is subserviences.
Words near subservience in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: subservience (page history and authors); विनम्रता (Hindi) (page history and authors); subservience (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subservience (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subservience (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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