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Subjection

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of bringing something under the control of something else. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of conquering wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    forced submission to control by others wordnet

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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