submissiveness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.

From submissive + -ness.

In his mood of doglike submissiveness all feeling of rivalry had died away. — The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
He was haranguing Barth and the porter vehemently, and they were listening with a curious submissiveness. — The Silent Barrier, Louis Tracy
Her face showed, as it always did when she saw him, unmistakable traces of resignation, willingness, submissiveness. — The Goose Man, Jakob Wassermann

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