屈くつ従じゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

servile submission; subservience

Formal term for yielding to another's will or authority, often with a sense of humiliation or lack of autonomy. Used in political, social, or interpersonal contexts.

• 彼かれは上じょう司しに屈くつ従じゅうすることを拒こばんだ。

  He refused to submit servilely to his boss.

• その政せい策さくは大たい国こくへの屈くつ従じゅうだと批ひ判はんされた。

  The policy was criticized as subservience to a major power.