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servile

/ˈsɜː(ɹ).ˌvaɪl/
noun

  1. (grammar) An element which forms no part of the original root.

  2. A slave; a menial.

Antonymsradical
adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a slave.

  2. Submissive or slavish.

    "servile flattery; servile obedience"

  3. (grammar) Not belonging to the original root.

    "a servile letter"

Antonymsarrogant, authoritarian

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