1. (n.) The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.

2. (n.) The quality or state of being subordinate or inferior to an other; inferiority of rank or dignity; subjection.

3. (n.) Place of inferior rank.

assortment back seat categorization continuity culling degree gradation grouping hierarchy humbleness humility inferiority juniority lower status lowliness minority place placement rank ranking satellite status screening second fiddle second string secondariness selection sequence serial order service servility servitorship sifting sorting sorting out subjecthood subjection subordinacy subordinate role subservience subserviency taxonomy third string triage