submissive
adjective/səbˈmɪsɪv/
/səbˈmɪsɪv/
- too willing to accept somebody else’s authority and willing to obey them without questioning anything they want you to do
- He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive.
- She followed him like a submissive child.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from submission, on the pattern of pairs such as remission, remissive.
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