subduement
/səbˈdjuːm(ə)nt/ /səbˈdʒuːm(ə)nt/noun
= subduing.
- Regarded by Johnson (1755) as ‘a word not used, nor worthy to be used’..
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in William Shakespeare (1564–1616), playwright and poet. From subdue + -ment.