morigeration

noun

mo·​rig·​er·​a·​tion

plural -s

: servile obedience : obsequiousness

a much more contemptible form of morigeration than that of courtiers to princes

—Fortnightly Review

Word History

Etymology

Latin morigeration-, morigeratio, from morigeratus + -ion-, -io -ion

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