Noun subversion has 2 senses
  1. corruption, subversion - destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"
    --1 is a kind of degradation, debasement
    Derived form: verb subvert2
  2. subversion, subversive activity - the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
    --2 is a kind of overthrow
    Derived forms: verb subvert4, verb subvert1
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