Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun subservience

3 senses of subservience

Sense 1
subservience -- (the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan; "all his actions were in subservience to the general plan")
       => condition, status -- (a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations")

Sense 2
subservience, subservientness -- (in a subservient state)
       => subordinateness, subsidiarity -- (secondary importance)

Sense 3
obsequiousness, servility, subservience -- (abject or cringing submissiveness)
       => submissiveness -- (the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.)