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)

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: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 83, lines 415–420:

     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.

Translations

act of bringing under control

• Bulgarian: подчинение (bg) n (podčinenie)
• Catalan: submissió (ca) f
• French: soumission (fr) f
• German: Unterwerfung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὑποταγή f (hupotagḗ)

• Italian: sottomissione (it) f
• Portuguese: submissão (pt) f
• Spanish: sumisión (es) f

Old French

Alternative forms

• subjectiun
• subjectioun
• subjeccion
• subjeccioun
• subjeciun
• subjecciun
• subjecion

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subjectiō.

Noun

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

1. subjection; state of being subjected

Descendants

• → English: subjection
• French: sujétion

References

• subjectiun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub