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subjection
| Concept: | Subjection. |
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-nouns
subjection; dependence, dependency; subordination; thrall, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom; feudalism, feudality; vassalage, villenage; slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude; conquest., service; servitude, servitorship; tendence, employ, tutelage, clientship; liability; constraint; oppression (severity); yoke (means of restraint); submission; obedience.
-verbs
be subject; be at the mercy of, lie at the mercy of; depend upon, lean upon, hang upon; fall a prey to, fall under; play second fiddle., be a mere machine, be a puppet, be a football; not dare to say one's soul is his own; drag a chain., serve; obey; submit., break in, tame; subject, subjugate; master; tread down, tread under foot; weigh down; drag at one's chariot wheels; reduce to subjection, reduce to slavery; enthrall, inthrall, bethrall; enslave, lead captive; take into custody (restrain); rule; drive into a corner, hold at the sword's point; keep under; hold in bondage, hold in leading strings, hold in swaddling clothes.
-adjectives
subject, dependent, subordinate; feudal, feudatory; in subjection to, under control; in leading strings, in harness; subjected, enslaved; constrained; downtrodden; overborne, overwhelmed; under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked; the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of; under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb; a slave to; at the mercy of; in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of; at the feet of; at one's beck and call (obedient) [more]; liable; parasitical; stipendiary.
-adverbs
under.
-phrases
"slaves -- in a land of light and law" [Whittier].
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| Antonyms: | freedom |
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| Main Entry: | captivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical detention by force |
| Synonyms: | bondage, committal, confinement, constraint, custody, durance, duress, enslavement, enthrallment, entombment, impoundment, imprisonment, incarceration, internment, jail, limbo, restraint, serfdom, servitude, slavery, subjection, thralldom, vassalage |
| Antonyms: | freedom, independence, liberty, license |
| Main Entry: | conquest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat, victory |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, annexation, appropriation, big win, clean sweep, conquering, coup, defeating, discomfiture, grand slam, invasion, killing*, occupation, overthrow, rout, routing, score, splash*, subdual, subjection, subjugation, success, takeover, triumph, vanquishment, win |
| Antonyms: | failure, forfeit, loss, surrender, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | control |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, mastery |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, authority, bridle, charge, check, clout, containment, curb, determination, direction, discipline, domination, dominion, driver's seat, force, government, guidance, inside track, juice, jurisdiction, limitation, management, manipulation, might, oversight, predomination, qualification, regimentation, regulation, restraint, restriction, ropes, rule, strings, subjection, subordination, superintendence, supervision, supremacy, sway, upper hand, weight, wire pulling |
| Antonyms: | helplessness, powerlessness, relinquishment, renouncement, weakness |
| Main Entry: | dependence/dependency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addiction, need |
| Synonyms: | attachment, contingency, habit, helplessness, hook, inability, security blanket, servility, subjection, subordination, subservience, vulnerability, weakness, yoke |
| Antonyms: | independence, subtraction, want |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical energy, power |
| Synonyms: | arm, brunt, clout, coercion, compulsion, conscription, constrait, draft, duress, dynamism, effort, enforcement, exaction, extortion, full head of steam, fury, horsepower, impact, impetus, impulse, might, momentum, muscle, pains, potency, potential, pow, pressure, punch, push, sinew, sock, speed, steam, stimulus, strain, strength, stress, strong arm, stuff*, subjection, tension, trouble, velocity, vigor, violence, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | powerlessness, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | humility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humbleness, modesty |
| Synonyms: | abasement, bashfulness, demureness, diffidence, docility, fawning, inferiority complex, lack of pride, lowliness, meekness, mortification, nonresistance, obedience, obsequiousness, passiveness, reserve, resignation, self-abasement, self-abnegation, servility, sheepishness, shyness, subjection, submissiveness, subservience, timidity, timorousness, unobtrusiveness, unpretentiousness |
| Antonyms: | arrogance, assertiveness, egoism, pretentiousness, pride, self-importance |
| Main Entry: | liability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | answerability, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | accountability, accountableness, amenability, amenableness, arrearage, blame, burden, compulsion, culpability, debt, duty, indebtedness, obligation, onus, owing, subjection, susceptibility |
| Antonyms: | irresponsibility, unaccountability |
| Main Entry: | loyalty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | faithfulness, dependability |
| Synonyms: | adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, bond, conscientiousness, constancy, devotedness, devotion, duty, earnestness, faith, fealty, fidelity, homage, honesty, honor, incorruptibility, integrity, inviolability, obedience, patriotism, probity, reliability, resolution, scrupulousness, sincerity, single-mindedness, singleness, staunchness, steadfastness, subjection, submission, support, tie, troth, trueheartedness, trueness, trustiness, trustworthiness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness, zeal |
| Antonyms: | disloyalty, undependability, unfaithfulness |
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