SUBJECTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of conquering

Synonyms:

conquering; conquest; subjection; subjugation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("subjection" is a kind of...):

capture; gaining control; seizure (the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property)

Instance hyponyms:

Norman Conquest (the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066))

Derivation:

subject (make subservient; force to submit or subdue)

Meaning:

Forced submission to control by others

Synonyms:

subjection; subjugation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("subjection" is a kind of...):

relationship (a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subjection"):

repression (a state of forcible subjugation)

oppression (the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:)

captivity; enslavement (the state of being a slave)

bondage; slavery; thraldom; thrall; thralldom (the state of being under the control of another person)

bondage (the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power)

peonage (the condition of a peon)

confinement (the state of being confined)

Derivation:

subject (make subservient; force to submit or subdue)