subjection
the act of subjecting.
the state or fact of being subjected.
Origin of subjection
1Other words from subjection
- sub·jec·tion·al, adjective
- non·sub·jec·tion, noun
- pre·sub·jec·tion, noun
- re·sub·jec·tion, noun
- self-sub·jec·tion, noun
Words Nearby subjection
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How to use subjection in a sentence
By now near to drowning in complicity and subjection, I obeyed.
And thou didst bow thyself to women: and by thy body thou wast brought under subjection.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousNicholson and John Lawrence were there; could they hold those warrior-tribes in subjection, or, better still, in leash?
The Red Year | Louis TracyWith this political subjection one is reluctant to associate a more sordid kind of obligation.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonThe law is immoral: it is the conspiracy of rulers and priests against the workers, to continue their subjection.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
But the most important event in this stage of evolution was the subjection of the plant world to man.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles Morris
British Dictionary definitions for subjection
/ (səbˈdʒɛkʃən) /
the act or process of subjecting or the state of being subjected
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