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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 submissiveness
 順從;恭謹

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sub·mis·sive a.
 1. Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
 Not at his feet submissive in distress,
 Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking.   --Milton.
 2. Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor.
    With a submissive step I hasted down.   --Prior.
 Syn: -- Obedient; compliant; yielding; obsequious; subservient; humble; modest; passive.
 -- Sub*mis*sive*ly, adv. -- Sub*mis*sive*ness, n.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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