subjugation

the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control the subjugation of much of Europe by Napoléon Synonyms dominating, domination, overpowering, subduing, subjecting, subjection, subjugating, conquest, vanquishingRelated Words triumph, victory, win, winning; beating, defeat, drubbing, licking, shellacking, trimming, trouncing, whipping; enslavement; takeoverNear Antonyms emancipation, enfranchisement, freeing, liberation, manumission, release