noun
- plural of servility; instances or acts of excessive willingness to serve or please others in a submissive way
Usage: formal
Examples
- The courtiers’ servilities toward the king were embarrassing to witness.
- His constant servilities made his colleagues uncomfortable.
- She rejected the servilities expected of women in that era.
- The diplomat’s servilities undermined his country’s negotiating position.
- Such servilities are unnecessary in a democratic society.
- The novel criticized the servilities of the social climbing characters.