1. the quality or state of being excessively submissive or obedient; slavish behavior

Examples

• His servileness toward his boss made his coworkers uncomfortable.
• The employee’s servileness was mistaken for dedication by management.
• She rejected the servileness expected of women in that era.
• The courtier’s servileness earned him favor but lost him respect.
• His servileness prevented him from standing up for his own ideas.
• The novel criticized the servileness of the lower classes toward nobility.