Bondage synonyms

bŏn'dĭj

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slavery
An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
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servitude
Lack of personal freedom, as to act as one chooses.
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thralldom
The condition of being a thrall; servitude; slavery
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subjugation
The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.
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captivity
The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
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chains
Plural form of chain
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durance
(Archaic) Imprisonment, esp. when long continued
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enslavement
The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave; bondage
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helotry
The condition of serfdom.
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restraint
A device or other means of limiting movement, used to prevent the infliction of harm to self or others.
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serfdom
The state of being a serf.
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thrall
The state of being in the power of another person or under the sway of an influence:
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yoke
(Bodybuilding) Well-developed muscles of the neck and shoulders.
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freedom (antonym)
The condition of not being constrained or restricted in a specific aspect of life by a government or other power:
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servility
The condition of being servile.
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over (related)
Something in addition; excess; surplus
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thraldom
Alternative spelling of thralldom.
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bond service
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independence (antonym)
(Now Rare) An income sufficient for a livelihood
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tyranny (related)
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shackle (related)
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wickedness (related)
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Bondage Sentence Examples

  • His bondage lasted for six years.

  • Burke declined to sell himself into final bondage of this kind.

  • The practical end, freedom from the bondage of things with the peace it brings, is all in all, and even scientific inquiry is only in place as a means to this end.

  • But many of the laws were quite unsuitable for the circumstances of his age, and the belief that a body of intricate and even contradictory legislation was imposed suddenly upon a people newly emerged from bondage in Egypt raises insurmountable objections, and underestimates the fact that legal usage existed in the earliest stages of society, and therefore in pre-Mosaic times.

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