Associations to the word «Subjugation»

Wiktionary

SUBJUGATION, noun. The act of subjugating.
SUBJUGATION, noun. The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.

Dictionary definition

SUBJUGATION, noun. Forced submission to control by others.
SUBJUGATION, noun. The act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people".
SUBJUGATION, noun. The act of conquering.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats