Associations to the word «Subjection»

Wiktionary

SUBJECTION, noun. The act of bringing something under the control of something else.
SUBJECTION, noun. The state of being subjected.

Dictionary definition

SUBJECTION, noun. Forced submission to control by others.
SUBJECTION, noun. The act of conquering.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne