subjection

From Anglo-Norman subjectioun, from Old French subjection (Modern French sujétion), from Latin subjectiō.

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subjection (countable and uncountable, plural subjections)

1. The act of bringing something under the control of something else.
2. 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.

Borrowed from Latin subjectiō.

subjection f (oblique plural subjections, nominative singular subjection, nominative plural subjections)

1. subjection; state of being subjected

• English: subjection (borrowed)
• French: sujétion

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