-vēən(t)s noun
also sub·ser·vi·en·cy -nsē, -nsi
( plural subserviences also subserviencies )
Etymology: Latin subservi re to be subservient, to subserve + English -ence or -ency
1. : the quality or state of functioning in serving or promoting : the condition of one that subserves
these proposals are made in subservience to the end in view
2. : the quality or state of being subordinate or subordinated to something
subservience to sensation — Marjorie Grene
the emancipation of American literature from its subservience to England — American Guide Series: Massachusetts
3.
a. : excessive willingness to submit to the control or demands of another
repudiated the administration's subservience to foreign interests
b. : servile inferiority : obsequious servility
felt no subservience in working for him — Emery Neff