subjugation

sub·ju·gate

S0842600 (sŭb′jə-gāt′)tr.v. sub·ju·gat·ed, sub·ju·gat·ing, sub·ju·gates 1. To bring under control, especially by military force; conquer.2. To make subordinate or subject to the dominion of something else: "The urgency of the mating season is subjugated, for the moment, to the demands of self-preservation" (David M. Carroll).

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[Middle English subjugaten, from Latin subiugāre, subiugāt- : sub-, sub- + iugum, yoke; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]

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sub′ju·ga′tion n.sub′ju·ga′tor n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	subjugation - forced submission to control by otherssubjectionrelationship - a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countriesrepression - a state of forcible subjugation; "the long repression of Christian sects"oppression - the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"enslavement, captivity - the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeareslavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom, bondage - the state of being under the control of another personbondage - the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power; "he was in bondage to fear:; "he sought release from his bondage to Satan"; "a self freed from the bondage of time"peonage - the condition of a peonconfinement - the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"
	2.	subjugation - the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"oppressionpersecution - the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
	3.	subjugation - the act of conquering conquering, conquest, subjectioncapture, gaining control, seizure - the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

Translations

Unterwerfungsubjugation