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obsequence
Also Dz··ܱ·Գ
[ob-si-kwuhns]
noun
willingness or eagerness to comply, please, serve, etc.; obsequiousness.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of obsequence1
1595–1605; < Latin obsequentia, equivalent to obsequent-, stem of DzŧԲ present participle of Dzī to comply with ( obsequious ) + -ia -ia
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It's nice to see a city that refuses to be bulldozed by the NFL bully into destroying neighborhoods, floating bonds, and in general, bowing obsequence to a group that is becoming more and more noted for its crimes, lawlessness, and danger, than sport.
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Beginning with his hardscrabble boyhood on a Texas farm, he has been irresistibly drawn to wealth and power and has managed, by an adroit mixture of dash and obsequence, to gain both.
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