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Feel trained to be submissive (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deferential

'submissive' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'feel trained to be' is the wordplay.
'to be' indicates anagramming the letters.
'feel'+'trained'='feeltrained'
'feeltrained' is an anagram of 'DEFERENTIAL'.

(Other definitions for deferential that I've seen before include "Submissive" , "Showing respect" , "Respectful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Globe and Mail.
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