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: Printed by J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398, lines 415–420, page 83:
- 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.
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Translations
act of bringing under control
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Old French
Alternative forms
- subjectiun
- subjectioun
- subjeccion
- subjeccioun
- subjeciun
- subjecciun
- subjecion
Noun
subjection f (oblique plural subjections, nominative singular subjection, nominative plural subjections)
- subjection; state of being subjected
Descendants
- English: subjection (borrowed)
- French: sujétion
References
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