Meaning of Subjection | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of bringing something under the control of something else.
   countable, uncountable
2. The state of being subjected.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Maſters commands come⟳ with a power reſiſtleſs / To ſuch as owe⟳ them abſolute ſubjection; / And for a life who will not change⟳ his purpoſe? / (So mutable are all the ways of men) / Yet this be ſure, in nothing to comply / Scandalous or forbidden in our Law.”

“The smallest incidents were to serve⟳ as pretexts for demonstrations of force⟳ and for demands for indemnities and reparations which increased China's subjection. For example, in 1876 China was constrained to sign⟳ the Conventions of Chih-fu (near Yen-tʻai, in north-eastern Shantung) with Great Britain after the murder⟳ of an English interpreter on the borders of Yunnan and Burma; the result⟳ was five new 'open⟳ ports' on top of the fifteen or so already existing.”

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