1
docility(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
fall back(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
1
fearful
1
flattery
1
flinch
1
flinching
1
giving in(noun, expression, surrender, yielding, despair)
1
hangdog
1
henpecked
1
humbleness(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
humility(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
insinuation
1
malleability(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
mealymouthed
1
meekness(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
nonresistance(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
obedience(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
obeisance
1
obsequiousness
1
oily(adjective, servility)
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