Identify the most appropriate antonym for the word ---Servility, from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Liberty
Servility is too great a readiness to obey or please others, the behaviour of a slave or servant. Its antonym is liberty.
Example: His servility towards the boss annoyed his colleagues.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Obsequiousness | excessive eagerness to please or obey (a synonym of servility) | The waiter's obsequiousness made the guests uneasy. |
| (2) Flippancy | not being serious about something serious (it is about lack of respect, not about freedom) | The teacher did not like his flippancy about the exams. |
| (3) Ingratiation | trying to win someone's favour by flattery (close in meaning to servility) | His gifts to the manager were a clumsy attempt at ingratiation. |
| (4) Liberty (answer) | freedom, the state of being free to act and think for oneself (a servile person lives under the will of others, and a person with liberty does not) | The prisoners were given their liberty after the war. |
| Synonyms of servility: obsequiousness, subservience, slavishness, ingratiation Antonyms of servility: liberty, independence, self-assertion, dignity |