Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Subservience \Sub*serv"i*ence\, Subserviency \Sub*serv"i*en*cy\,
   n.
   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 : WordNet®

subservience
     n 1: 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"
     2: in a subservient state [syn: {subservientness}]
     3: abject or cringing submissiveness [syn: {obsequiousness}, {servility}]