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