subjection

Roget category 749

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.6. General intersocial volition
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#749. Subjection

noun

subjection — dependence, dependency — subordination — thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom — feudalism, feudality^† — vassalage, villenage — slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude — conquest.
service — servitude, servitorship^† — tendence^†, employ, tutelage, clientship^† — liability etc. 177 — constraint etc. 751 — oppression etc. (severity) 739 — yoke etc. (means of restraint) 752 — submission etc. 725 — obedience etc. 743.

verb

be subject etc. adj. — 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 etc. 746 — obey etc. 743 — submit etc. 725.
break in, tame — subject, subjugate — master etc. 731 — 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 etc. (restrain) 751 — rule etc. 737 — drive into a corner, hold at the sword's point — keep under — hold in bondage, hold in leading strings, hold in swaddling clothes.

adjective

subject, dependent, subordinate — feudal, feudatory — in subjection to, under control — in leading strings, in harness — subjected, enslaved etc. v. — constrained etc. 751 — 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 etc. (obedient) 743 — liable etc. 177 — parasitical — stipendiary.

adverb

under.

phrase

slaves - in a land of light and law" [Whittier].

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