SUBJECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subjection mean? 

• SUBJECTION (noun)
  The noun SUBJECTION has 2 senses:

1. forced submission to control by others

2. the act of conquering

  Familiarity information: SUBJECTION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBJECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Forced submission to control by others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

subjection; subjugation

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of conquering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

conquering; conquest; subjection; subjugation

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)

 Context examples 

She inherits her mother's talents, and must have been under subjection to her.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

My doctrine has never aimed at the subjection of the understanding.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Thomas Mugridge is cur-like in his subjection to me, while I go about in secret dread of him.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Laurie sat bold upright, and meekly took her empty plate feeling an odd sort of pleasure in having 'little Amy' order him about, for she had lost her shyness now, and felt an irrestible desire to trample on him, as girls have a delightful way of doing when lords of creation show any signs of subjection.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The subjection in which his father had brought him up had given him originally great humility of manner; but it was now a good deal counteracted by the self-conceit of a weak head, living in retirement, and the consequential feelings of early and unexpected prosperity.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

She will never submit to any thing requiring industry and patience, and a subjection of the fancy to the understanding.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Laurie spoke excitedly, and looked ready to carry his threat into execution on the slightest provocation, for he was growing up very fast and, in spite of his indolent ways, had a young man's hatred of subjection, a young man's restless longing to try the world for himself.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But Marianne abhorred all concealment where no real disgrace could attend unreserve; and to aim at the restraint of sentiments which were not in themselves illaudable, appeared to her not merely an unnecessary effort, but a disgraceful subjection of reason to common-place and mistaken notions.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)