submissive.

Ready to accept another's authority or demands without much resistance.

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Words that belong together

• submissive posture
• submissive response

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The submissive response made the unequal relationship unmistakable.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more submissive; superlative most submissive when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.