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The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.

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  1. n. The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.
  2. n. The quality or state of being subordinate or inferior to an other; inferiority of rank or dignity; subjection.
  3. n. Place of inferior rank.
  4. n. the state of being subordinate to something
  5. n. the class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/semantic">semantic class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/relation">relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class
  6. n. the word/grammatical">grammatical word/relation">relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
  7. n. the quality of obedient submissiveness
  8. n. the act of mastering or subordinating someone
  9. 1. The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting. 2. The quality or state of being subordinate or inferior to an other; inferiority of rank or dignity; subjection. Natural creature having a local subordination. Holyday. 3. Place of inferior rank. Persons who in their several subordinations would be obliged to follow the example of their superiors. Swift.
  10. n:100 n. the word/state">state of being word/subordinate">subordinate to something n. the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head n. the quality of obedient submissiveness