subordination

noun3

1. •
   The process of making or classing (something or somebody) as subordinate.

   • Sound logic, as the habitual subordination of the individual to the species, and of the species to the genus […] — 1817
2. •
   The property of being subordinate; inferiority of rank or position.
3. •
   The quality of being properly obedient to a superior (as a superior officer); this quality as a systemic principle of discipline within a hierarchical organization.