subjection

DEFINITIONS OF: subjection

Examples:: Norman Conquest
the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066)

Type of:: capture, gaining control, seizure
the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

Types:: show 15 types...; hide 15 types...; repression
a state of forcible subjugation; oppression
the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"; captivity, enslavement
the state of being a slave; bondage, slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom
the state of being under the control of another person; bondage
the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power; peonage
the condition of a peon; confinement
the state of being confined; yoke
an oppressive power; bonded labor
a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States; servitude
state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; serfdom, serfhood, vassalage
the state of a serf; constraint, restraint
the state of being physically constrained; captivity, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration
the state of being imprisoned; custody, detainment, detention, hold
a state of being confined (usually for a short time); solitary, solitary confinement
confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners

Type of:: relationship
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

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