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" 
2. In a subservient state
   - subservientness 
3. Abject or cringing submissiveness
   - obsequiousness, servility

Derived forms: subserviences

See also: subserve, subservient

Type of: condition, status, submissiveness, subordinateness, subsidiarity

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