2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subordination \Sub*or`di*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. subordination.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
subordination
n 1: the state of being subordinate to something
2: the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a
lower rank or class [syn: {hyponymy}]
3: the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to
its head
4: the quality of obedient submissiveness [ant: {insubordination}]
5: the act of mastering or subordinating someone [syn: {mastery}]
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