/ob"si kweuhns/ , n.
willingness or eagerness to comply, please, serve, etc.; obsequiousness.
Also, obsequeence /ob see"kwee euhns/ .
[ 1595-1605; obsequentia, equiv. to obsequent-, s. of obsequens prp. of obsequi to comply with (see OBSEQUIOUS) + -ia -IA ]