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assent(noun, surrender, agreement, yielding, consent)
4
commitment(noun, love, burden, responsibility, affection)
4
consent(noun, agreement, compliance, submission, obedience)
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constancy(noun, love, passion, affection, worship)
4
fondness(noun, love, honor, praise, favor)
4
genuflection(noun, honor, respect, esteem, worship)
4
idolatry(noun, love, praise, respect, regard)
4
passivity(noun, surrender, agreement, yielding, consent)
4
subservience(noun, respect, weakness, agreement, reverence)
4
willingness(noun, respect, weakness, agreement, reverence)
3
adulation(noun, praise, respect, regard, esteem)
3
amenability(noun, state, charge, quality, respect)
3
business(noun, burden, responsibility, liability, obligation)
3
conformation
3
devotedness(noun, love, passion, affection, worship)
3
faithfulness(noun, charge, love, respect, passion)
3
fidelity(noun, love, respect, passion, affection)
3
humbleness(noun, surrender, yielding, flattery, servility)
3
humility(noun, surrender, yielding, endurance, servility)
3
lowliness(noun, flattery, endurance, modesty, servility)
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