2
patience(noun, endurance, acceptance, acknowledgment, compliance)
2
receptiveness(noun, willingness)
2
reverence(noun, respect, regard, weakness, agreement)
2
self-abasement(noun, confusion, shame, disgrace, embarrassment)
2
sheepishness(noun, flattery, modesty, servility, humility)
2
shyness(noun, flattery, modesty, servility, sycophancy)
2
timorousness(noun, flattery, modesty, servility, sycophancy)
2
unassumingness(noun, humility)
2
yieldingness(noun, servility, willingness)
1
abasement(noun, confusion, shame, disgrace, embarrassment)
1
acquiescent(noun, willingness)
1
affirmation(noun, compliance)
1
appeasement(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
ass-licking
1
backing down(noun, expression, surrender, yielding, despair)
1
bend
1
bob
1
bow
1
bowing(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
concession(noun, agreement, consent, submission, obedience)
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