1.
If you are ~, you do whatever someone wants you to do.
She is expected to be ~ to her uncle.
ADJ: oft ADJ to n
subservience
...an austere regime stressing obedience and subservience to authority.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you treat one thing as ~ to another, you treat it as less important than the other thing.
The woman’s needs are seen as ~ to the group interest.
ADJ: v-link ADJ to n