Word Study
subordinating |
subordinating conjunction |
subordination |
subordinative |
suborn |
subornation
| subornation of perjury
| suborner
| suboval
| subovate
| subovated
subornation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun subornation has 2 senses
- subornation(n = noun.communication) Array - underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful; Array is a kind of incitement, provocation
- subornation(n = noun.communication) Array - perjured testimony that someone was persuaded to give; Array is a kind of testimony
has particulars: subornation of perjury
Derived form verb suborn1
Derived forms verb suborn3, verb suborn2
CIDE DICTIONARY
subornation, n. [F. subornation.].
- The act of suborning; the crime of procuring a person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury. Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or persuasion. [1913 Webster]"Foul subornation is predominant." [1913 Webster]"The sort of chicanery attending the subornation of managers in the Leibnitz controversy." [1913 Webster]
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