subordination
su·bor·di·nation
noun
1.
the state of being subordinate to something
2.
3.
the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
4.
the quality of obedient submissiveness
Origin
From Middle French subordination, from Medieval Latin subordinatio.
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