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sub·ser·vi·ent
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subordinate
placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank. -
subordination
the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men. -
aunt jemima
Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a black woman considered by other black people to be subservient to or to curry favor with white people. -
compliance
a disposition to yield to or comply with others -
handmaid
something that is necessarily subservient or subordinate to another: Ceremony is but the handmaid of worship. -
running dog
Disparaging. a person or institution subservient to counterrevolutionary interests. a manipulable, servile follower; lackey: to be reviled as a running dog of the colonialists.