subservience
(noun)
noun
1. the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan
- all his actions were in subservience to the general plan
Definition categories: state, condition, status
2. in a subservient state
Definition categories: state, subordinateness, subsidiarity
3. abject or cringing submissiveness
Similar word(s): obsequiousness, servility
Definition categories: attribute, submissiveness