Subordination

n. act of subordinating; state of being inferior to, state of being secondary in importance; subjugation, state of being under the authority of another

Subordination may refer to one of the following.Subordination in a hierarchy (in military, society, etc.)Subordination (trait), obedienceSubordination (linguistics)Subordination (finance)Subordination agreement, a legal document used to deprecate the claim of one party in favor of another.See also Insubordination
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Noun
1. the state of being subordinate to something
(hypernym) dependence, dependance, dependency
(derivation) subordinate
2. the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class
(synonym) hyponymy
(hypernym) semantic relation
3. the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
(hypernym) grammatical relation
4. the quality of obedient submissiveness
(antonym) insubordination
(hypernym) submissiveness
5. the act of mastering or subordinating someone
(synonym) mastery
(hypernym) domination
(derivation) subordinate, subdue

n. subordination, inferiority

n. subordination, state of being secondary in importance, state of being under the authority of another