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to liberty." — Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine;
• (servitude)- slavery or bondage of any kind, ( ; ); There still
exists a species of perpetual servitude, which is supported by late statutes
and by daily practice, viz. — Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780;
• (subservient)- serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate,
( , , ); This urge to be subservient is the
driving force in our polity and it has been for centuries. — Freeborn John;
• (submissive)- inclined or ready to submit; unresistingly or humbly
obedient, ( , , , ); His whole demeanor was
noble, submissive, and Christian. — The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume
16: 1569-70;
• (uxorious)- doting upon, foolishly fond of, or affectionately submissive
toward one's wife, ( ); Charlemagne had nine wives, but he seems to
have been unduly uxorious or unwearying in his infatuations. — Germany
and the Germans From an American Point of View;
subaltern : subordinate^ inordinate
• (subaltern)- lower in rank; subordinate, ( ); In time of peace
the war record of a subaltern is quickly forgotten, and Dewey patiently
climbed the ladder of promotion until — The Naval History of the United States
Volume 2 (of 2);
• (subordinate)- a subordinate person or thing, ( /
); At this time Cromwell was his subordinate, and to his directions
Lord Manchester's successes are in all probability due. — The Love Letters of
Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54;
• (insubordination) – disobedience; rebelliousness; It seemed to him that
there was at work a radical spirit of insubordination, and a principle of
overturning the formerly recognized order of domestic rule;
• (inordinate)- not regulated; disorderly; These prohibitions had their usual
effects; inordinate desire for the things forbidden, and clandestine
indulgence. — Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman;
vassal : feudalism : fief = seigneur : fidelity = allegiance
• (vassal)- (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return
for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent
to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant, (
; ); If he agrees to become
my vassal, and to receive Holy Baptism, I will give him half of Spain as a fief.
— The Book of Romance;
• (feudalism)- a political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to