Servility

Ser-vil′i-ty

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

servilité

.]

The quality or state of being servile; servileness.

To be a queen in bondage is more vile
Than is a slave in base

servility

.

Shakespeare

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1. Slavery; the condition of a slave or bondman.

To be a queen in bondage is more vile

Than is a slave in base servility. Shak.

2. Mean submission; baseness; slavishness.

3. Mean obsequiousness; slavish deference; as the common servility to custom; to copy manners or opinions with servility.

servility ‎(plural servilities)

condition of being servile

Chinese:
Mandarin: 奴性 (zh) ‎(núxìng)
Finnish: nöyryys (fi)
German: Servilität (de) f, Servilismus m, (pejorative) Speichelleckerei f
Greek: ραγιαδισμός (el) m ‎(ragiadismós), δουλικότητα (el) f ‎(doulikótita), ανελευθερία (el) f ‎(anelefthería)
Irish: uirísle f
Italian: servilismo (it) m