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The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.
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- n. The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.
- n. The quality or state of being subordinate or inferior to an other; inferiority of rank or dignity; subjection.
- n. Place of inferior rank.
- n. the state of being subordinate to something
- 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
- n. the word/grammatical">grammatical word/relation">relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
- n. the quality of obedient submissiveness
- n. the act of mastering or subordinating someone
- 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.
- 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