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submissive definition

sub·mis·sive (səb mis′iv)

adjective

having or showing a tendency to submit without resistance; docile; yielding

Etymology: < L submissus, pp. of submittere (see submit) + -ive

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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