obeisant

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Obeisant \O*bei"sant\, a. [F. ob['e]issant, p. pr. of ob['e]ir
   to obey.]
   Ready to obey; reverent; deferential; also, servilely
   submissive.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "obeisant":
      abject, backscratching, beggarly, bootlicking, cowering, crawling,
      cringing, crouching, deferential, fawning, flattering, footlicking,
      groveling, hangdog, ingratiating, mealymouthed, menial, obsequious,
      on bended knee, parasitic, prone, prostrate, servile, slavish,
      sniveling, sponging, submissive, subservient, sycophantic,
      timeserving, toadeating, toadying, toadyish, truckling