obsequence
/ˈɒbsɪkw(ə)ns/US in later use. rare
noun
Compliance, complaisance, obsequiousness; deference, servility.
- Apparently unattested in the later 17th and 18th centuries..
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in Receyt Ladie Kateryne. From classical Latin obsequentia compliance, deference (from obsequent-, obsequēns + -ia); compare -ence.