subservient

 
Pronunciation: /səbˈsəːvɪənt/

adjective

  • prepared to obey others unquestioningly: she was subservient to her parents
  • less important; subordinate: he expected her career to become subservient to his
  • serving as a means to an end: the whole narration is subservient to the moral plan of exemplifying twelve virtues in twelve knights

Derivatives

subservience

noun

subserviency

noun

subserviently

adverb

Origin:

mid 17th century: from Latin subservient- 'subjecting to, complying with', from the verb subservire (see subserve)