səb-mĭs'ĭv
Bending easily; flexible
The definition of obsequious is showing too much willingness to serve someone or something.
subalternate
Succeeding by turns; successive.
The definition of meek is someone or something that does not have force or someone who is willing to give into others.
Obeying or willing to obey; submissive
Submissively obedient.
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Ready to do as bidden; obedient
(Geology) Of, relating to, or being rock or sediment strata that were deposited either adjacent to each other or in vertical sequence without interruption by a disruptive or altering process such as erosion or folding.
The definition of penitent is feeling or showing remorse for something.
Feeling or showing resignation; submissive; yielding and uncomplaining
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Given to obsequious flattery.
Apt to truckle, often fawning, obsequious, ingratiating.
Tacit or passive conduct that implies agreement or consent. For example, if one makes a statement and another is silent when an objection should be forthcoming, the second person’s acquiescence to the statement may be inferred.
The state or quality of being amenable.
obsequiousness
The quality of being obsequious; servile compliance
Inclined or willing to comply; obedient:
Careful to fulfill obligations.
The state or quality of being submissive.
(Electronics) Exhibiting no gain or contributing no energy:
Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.
Acquiescing; agreeing or consenting without protest
Ready to consent; agreeable:
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The definition of deferential is behavior or actions that show respect.
Showing deferential or submissive respect:
Showing no originality; blindly imitative:
(Mathematics) Sufficiently operationalizable or useful to allow a mathematical calculation to proceed toward a solution.
(Especially law) Serving as an instrument or means (i.e., procedural or ancillary, not substantive).
The definition of subdued is a mood of having been calmed or quieted.
The definition of subsidiary is something that gives support, something that is secondary in importance or an organizational group that is in a lower organizational position.
unassertive
Not assertive
The act of genuflecting
Prone; disposed:
The state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.
Marked by defiance; boldly resisting.
insubmissive
Unwilling to submit; not submissive, disobedient
Not tractable
Opposing any kind of control; defiant
Arrogant in asserting or attempting to assert one's will over others; overbearing.
Difficult to manage, control, or treat:
Capable of, offering, or showing resistance. Often used in combination:
Incapable of being changed; unalterable:
Not obedient.
Easy to manage or discipline; submissive
Submitting without objection or resistance
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