Subjection
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act of bringing something under the control of something else. countable, uncountable
- 2 the act of conquering wordnet
- 3 The state of being subjected. countable, uncountable
"Maſters commands come with a power reſiſtleſs / To ſuch as owe them abſolute ſubjection; / And for a life who will not change his purpoſe? / (So mutable are all the ways of men) / Yet this be ſure, in nothing to comply / Scandalous or forbidden in our Law."
- 4 forced submission to control by others wordnet
Example
More examples"Among human beings, the subjection of women is much more complete at a certain level of civilisation than it is among savages. And the subjection is always reinforced by morality."
Etymology
From Middle English subjectioun, from Anglo-Norman subjectioun, Old French subjection (Modern French sujétion), and their etymon Latin subjectiō. By surface analysis, subject + -ion.
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