Submissive

a.	1.	Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble. Not at his feet submissive in distress, Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking. - Milton.
	2.	Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor. With a submissive step I hasted down. - Prior.

Adj.	1.	submissive - inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people" Antonyms: domineering - tending to domineer
	2.	submissive - willing to submit without resistance to authority; deferent
	3.	submissive - abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient" Synonyms: slavish, subservient

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