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groveling
Variant of grovel
intransitive verb groveled or grovelled, groveling or grovelling
- to lie prone or crawl in a prostrate position, esp. abjectly
- to behave humbly or abjectly, as before authority; debase oneself in a servile fashion
- to wallow in what is low or contemptible
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