An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
SUBSERVIENCE
obsequiousness, servility, subservience
(noun) abject or cringing submissiveness
subservience, subservientness
(noun) in a subservient state
subservience
(noun) the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan; “all his actions were in subservience to the general plan”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
subservience (usually uncountable, plural subserviences)
The state of being subservient.
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*serv"i*ence, Sub*serv"i*en*cy, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility. The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions. Bentley. There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends. Cheyne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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