Subduement

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    subdual; act of subduing countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "As hot as Perseus , spur thy Phrygian steed , Despising many forfeits and subduements"

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abatementalleviationanalgesiaanesthesiaappeasementcalming

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"As hot as Perseus , spur thy Phrygian steed , Despising many forfeits and subduements"

Etymology

From subdue + -ment.

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