Definitionn. the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.
Last update: August 21, 2015
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The smile hovered and vanished, and, bowing low with Oriental gravity and Oriental submissiveness, he set himself to his task. [Please select]
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This, when he thought of the eagerness and bloodthirstiness of the men, was certainly a fair promise of submissiveness on the field of battle. [Please select]
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And she marched out, followed by the other two with the odd submissiveness people show towards any one who is thoroughly determined. [Please select]
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Pontellier had been a rather courteous husband so long as he met a certain tacit submissiveness in his wife. [Please select]
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Call upon the innate submissiveness of the creature, and claim its obedience as a right. [Please select]
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But here, where evidently the same submissiveness was expected, the miscreants were fired upon before they had discharged a single shot themselves. [Please select]
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