Definitions For Subordination

noun

• The act of mastering or subordinating someone
• The quality of obedient submissiveness
• The grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
• The semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class
• The state of being subordinate to something
• Someone who has less power or authority than someone else : someone who is subordinate to someone else

verb

• To think of or treat (someone or something) as less important than someone or something else