subjugation

1. Forced submission to control by others (synset 114019785)
   is a type of: relationship - a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
   subtypes:

   • repression - a state of forcible subjugation
   • oppression - the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:
   • captivity, enslavement - the state of being a slave
   • bondage, slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom - the state of being under the control of another person
   • bondage - the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power
   • peonage - the condition of a peon
   • confinement - the state of being confined
   same as: subjection
2. The act of subjugating by cruelty (synset 100422042)
   "the tyrant's oppression of the people"
   is a type of: persecution - the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
   same as: oppression
3. The act of conquering (synset 100089847)
   is a type of: capture, gaining control, seizure - the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
   specific instances: norman conquest - the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066)
   same as: conquering, conquest, subjection

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