subjection
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman subjectioun, from Old French subjection (Modern French sujétion), from Latin subjectiō.
Pronunciation
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Noun
subjection (countable and uncountable, plural subjections)
- The act of bringing something under the control of something else.
- The state of being subjected.
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 83, lines 415–420:
- 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.
Translations
act of bringing under control
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Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin subjectiō.
Noun
subjection oblique singular, f (oblique plural subjections, nominative singular subjection, nominative plural subjections)
- subjection; state of being subjected
Descendants
- → English: subjection
- French: sujétion
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