servility

Kant's calling servility, suicide, et al. “vices” may strike us as unusual, given that these vices are (on the face of it) not qualities or dispositions, but ways of acting.

Kant and Hume on Morality Denis, Lara 2008

She felt a fine scorn for the woman who, under the circumstances, would insist upon a bond and all a man's worldly goods in return for that which it was her privilege to give freely; while the notion of servility, of economic dependence -- though she did not so phrase it -- repelled her far more than the possibility of social ruin.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

She felt a fine scorn for the woman who, under the circumstances, would insist upon a bond and all a man's worldly goods in return for that which it was her privilege to give freely; while the notion of servility, of economic dependence -- though she did not so phrase it -- repelled her far more than the possibility of social ruin.

The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 2 Winston Churchill 1909

But do not confound it with servility, which is a mean thing; it is the badge of a slave or a sycophant.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History 1902

There is a point in the life both of an individual and a society at which submission and faith, such as at a later period would be justly called servility and credulity, are useful qualities. -- i.

Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899

He loved the sound of his own voice inordinately, and though (with something too off-hand to call servility) he would always hasten to agree with anything you said, yet he could never suffer you to say it to an end.

Across the Plains: With Other Memories and Essays 1892

There is a season in the life both of an individual and of a society, at which submission and faith, such as at a later period would be justly called servility and credulity, are useful qualities.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

It was once the glory of the Tories that, through all changes of fortune, they were animated by a steady and fervent loyalty which made even error respectable, and gave to what might otherwise have been called servility something of the manliness and nobleness of freedom.

Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

In Wales the Labour Party had kept the working class in a state of 'servility' for two generations.

Archive 2008-05-01 2008

In Wales the Labour Party had kept the working class in a state of 'servility' for two generations.

Radical Wales 2008