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submissive

sub·mis·sive

US/səbˈmɪsɪv/ uncommon rare

adjective

1.

inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination

  • “submissive servants”
  • “a submissive reply”
  • “replacing troublemakers with more submissive people”
3.

abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

  • “slavish devotion to her job ruled her life”
  • “a slavish yes-man to the party bosses” S.H.Adams
  • “she has become submissive and subservient”
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