subordination
noun
sub·or·di·na·tion
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Definition of subordination
: placement in a lower class, rank, or position : the act or process of subordinating someone or something or the state of being subordinated
As a prescriptive text, moreover, the Bible has been interpreted as justifying the subordination of women to men.— Cullen Murphy The price is individual subordination to the group and limited autonomy of the nuclear family.— Corinne N. Nydegger After 1688, as before, the message was one of subordination to divinely constituted authority, whether of kings or of one's social superiors.— Richard W. Davis
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subordination
noun
sub·or·di·na·tion
| \ sə-ˌbȯrd-ᵊn-ˈā-shən
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Legal Definition of subordination
: an act or instance of subordinating
also
: the remedy of subordinating a claim — see also equitable subordination
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