State deferentially that you will subject yourself to (6)
I believe the answer is:
submit
'state' is the definition.
(I know that state can be written as submit)
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for submit that I've seen before include "Hand in" , "Refer for judgment or consideration" , "Yield, surrender" , "Throw in the towel" , "Put forward for approval or yield" .)