Definition of Subservience

Noun: subservience  sub'sur-vee-un(t)s or ,súb'sur-vee-un(t)s

1. The condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan
   "all his actions were in subservience to the general plan"
    
2. In a subservient state
   - subservientness
    
3. Abject or cringing submissiveness
   "I find his subservience repellent";
   - obsequiousness, servility

See also:
subserves
subserviences