subject to

Liable to experience

Subject to means conditional upon or dependent on: The offer is subject to approval by the board.

It also indicates vulnerability or liability: The area is subject to flooding, Violators are subject to fines.

Someone subject to authority is under its control or jurisdiction.

The phrase marks what could change the outcome or what applies as a condition.

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conditional · contingent · exposed · open to · bound · obligated · susceptible · beholden · at the mercy of · governed · ruled · controlled · constrained · restricted · answerable · accountable · subordinate · reliant

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conditionality

subject tounconditional

Without limits or qualifications

guaranteed · absolute · irrevocable · unqualified · certain

autonomy/control

subject tosovereign

Supreme in power

self-governing · autonomous · self-directed · above

Family

subject, subjects, subjected, subjecting, subjection, subjective, subjectively, subjectivity, subjectivism

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G