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  1. 1. n. Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires. Source: opted
  3. 3. 1. Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy. 2. (Metaph.) A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires. Krauth-Fleming. Source: webster
  4. 4. A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on usfrom without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, ordesires. Krauth-Fleming. Source: adambom
  5. 5. n. Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy. n. A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires. Source: ecdict

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