subjections
Acts of dominating
Subjections are instances or acts of bringing someone or something under control or domination.
The word appears in contexts discussing power, conquest, or forced compliance: the subjections of conquered peoples, repeated subjections to humiliation.
The plural emphasizes multiple instances or types of being made subject to another's authority.
Defeating and seizing control
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- enslavementForced human ownership
- subordinationLower position in hierarchy
suppression · colonization · imperialism · occupation · vassalage · servitude · yoke · bondage
Legal authority's scope
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
enforcement · accountability · binding · amenability · answerability · responsibility · governance · statute
State of being unprotected
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
- trialJudicial examination of claims
hardship · endurance · suffering · affliction · tribulation · adversity · submission · resignation
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- enslavementForced human ownership
subordination · suppression · colonization · imperialism · occupation · vassalage · servitude · yoke · bondage · thralldom
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- complianceAdhering to requirements
regulation · enforcement · accountability · binding · amenability · answerability · responsibility · governance · statute · mandate
exposure
State of being unprotected
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
trial · hardship · endurance · suffering · affliction · tribulation · adversity · submission · resignation · acquiescence
subjectionsliberations
Acts of freeing captives
freedoms · independences · autonomies · sovereignties · emancipations
subjectionsliberations
Acts of freeing captives
freedoms · emancipations · releases · deliverances · manumissions
subjectionsempowerments
Grants of authority
elevations · ascendancies · supremacies · masteries · sovereignties