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noun
The act of bringing something under the control of something else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The state of being subjected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of conquering
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: conquest, conquering, subjugation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: capture, gaining control, seizure
Narrower terms: Norman Conquest
noun
forced submission to control by others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: subjugation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relationship
Narrower terms: repression, oppression, enslavement, captivity, bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldom, peonage, confinement
History
From Middle English subjectioun, from Anglo-Norman subjectioun, Old French subjection (Modern French sujétion), and their etymon Latin subjectiō. By surface analysis, subject + -ion.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
