\Sub`or*na"tion\, n. [F. subornation.]
1. (Law) The act of suborning; the crime of procuring a
   person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury.
   --Blackstone.
2. The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or
   bad action, as by bribes or persuasion.
         Foul subornation is predominant.      --Shak.
         The sort of chicanery attending the subornation of
         managers in the Leibnitz controversy. --De Quinsey.