Subservient 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2

Subservient 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2

Subservient 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2

/səbˈsɜː.vi.ənt/ (adj)

willing to do what other people want, sycophantic, fawning, ready to obey others unconditionally, obsequious, servile, submissive, compliant, docile, passive, unassertive, subordinate, less important, meek

The touching of the feet is similar to aarteing (in a puja) an elderly person or a pandit and was never intended to reflect a subservient position or subordination to a leader but an act of respect (for the person or the title) – nothing more. The gesture won the hearts of 3000 delegates at the Pravasi conclave (Indian diaspora conference) as well as the hundreds of millions who watched the President confer an award on Kamla-ji (that preceded the award) and 14 other outstanding Indians in the diaspora. The PM did not bow to the President on behalf of the people of T&T but on her own behalf in keeping with the respect she has for elders and for her pandit. Also, the PM offered a traditional ‘Namaste‘ to Pratibha-ji and to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh – also not an act of subservience but of respect.

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Antonym: assertive

Noun: subservience

Adverb: subserviently