Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.
source: Webster 1913
verb
draw back, as with fear or pain
She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf.
source: WordNet 3.0
show submission or fear
source: WordNet 3.0
To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence, to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.
source: Webster 1913
To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
