subjection
subjection noun: the act of bringing something under the control of something else.
Noun
subjection (countable and uncountable, plural subjections)
- The act of bringing something under the control of something else.
- The state of being subjected.
- 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.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...
- She's got a system they call apartheid / It keeps a brother in a subjection1988, Eddy Grant, “Gimme Hope Jo'anna”
subjection meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
subjection in Hindi
- subjection, submission
- अधीनता adhīntā
subjection in Tamil
- அடிப்படுத்துதல், அகநிலைச்சார்பாக்கு
subjection in Urdu
- محکومی, محکومیت
subjection in Bengali
- অধীনতা, বশ্যতা
More languagesFewer languages
- subjection in Telugu
- ప్రజాపణము prajāpaṇamu, వశము vaśamu
- subjection in Malayalam
- അധീനത adhīnata
Forms of subjection
| plural | subjections |
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Origin of subjection
From Middle English subjectioun, from Anglo-Norman subjectioun, Old French subjection (Modern French sujétion), and their etymon Latin subjectiō. By surface analysis, subject + -ion.
Words formed from subjection
Questions about subjection
- What does subjection mean?
- Subjection means the act of bringing something under the control of something else.
- What is subjection in Hindi?
- Subjection in Hindi is अधीनता (adhīntā). See Subjection meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is subjection?
- Subjection is a noun.
- What is the plural of subjection?
- The plural of subjection is subjections.
Words near subjection in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: subjection (page history and authors); अधीनता (Hindi) (page history and authors); subjection (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subjection (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subjection (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ప్రజాపణము (Telugu) (page history and authors); അധീനത (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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