subjection

[Sub*jec·tion]

Subjection is when a person, group, or government forces another person or group of people to submit or be controlled. A dictator's power lies in his subjection of the people over whom he rules.

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The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing.

Noun
the act of conquering

Noun
forced submission to control by others


a.
The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing.

a.
The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government of another; a state of obedience or submissiveness; as, the safety of life, liberty, and property depends on our subjection to the laws.


Subjection

Sub*jec"tion , n. [L. subjectio: cf. OF. subjection, F. subj'82tion. See Subject, a.] 1. The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing.
The conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the rebels.
2. The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government of another; a state of obedience or submissiveness; as, the safety of life, liberty, and property depends on our subjection to the laws. "To be bound under subjection." Chaucer.
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands.
Because the subjection of the body to the will is by natural necessity, the subjection of the will unto God voluntary, we stand in need of direction after what sort our wills and desires may be rightly conformed to His.

The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing.

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Usage Examples

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

To us Americans much has been given of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength in support of the freedom our forefathers loved which has saved mankind from subjection to totalitarian power.

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Other Usage Examples

The three great problems of this century the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.

Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection.

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