Subordination

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of subordinating, subjecting, or placing in a lower order, rank, or position, or in proper degrees of rank; also, the state of being subordinate or inferior; inferiority of rank or dignity.
  • noun. Degree of lesser rank.
  • noun. The state of being under control of government; subjection to rule; habit of obedience to orders.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.
  • noun. The quality or state of being subordinate or inferior to an other; inferiority of rank or dignity; subjection.
  • noun. Place of inferior rank.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The process of making something subordinate.
  • noun. The property of being subordinate.
  • noun. The quality of being properly obedient to a superior (as a superior officer).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of mastering or subordinating someone
  • noun. the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class
  • noun. the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
  • noun. the quality of obedient submissiveness
  • noun. the state of being subordinate to something
  • Word Usage
    "– I feel like the jump from the first clause (the ultimate cost for subordination is her memories) to the second (can she master the art of mind-hacking without blowing her cover?) is kind of awkward."
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