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obsequence

American

[ob-si-kwuhns] / ˈɒb sɪ kwəns /

Also obsequeence

noun

willingness or eagerness to comply, please, serve, etc.; obsequiousness.

Etymology

Origin of obsequence

1595–1605; < Latin obsequentia, equivalent to obsequent-, stem of obsequēns present participle of obsequī to comply with ( see obsequious) + -ia -ia

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Beginning with his hardscrabble boyhood on a Texas farm, he has been irresistibly drawn to wealth and power and has managed, by an adroit mixture of dash and obsequence, to gain both.

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