Slavery synonyms
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Servitude is the state of being completely submissive to and controlled by someone more powerful.
Control of the expression of one's feelings; constraint:
The condition of being a vassal.
The definition of captivity is the state of being trapped, imprisoned or confined.
The act of subjugating.
(Mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
bond service
Bondage
involuntary servitude
Bondage
owning slaves
The use of slaves as an institution
slaveholding
An owning of one or more slaves.
slave-owning
The use of slaves as an institution
practicing slavery
The use of slaves as an institution
holding slaves
The use of slaves as an institution
the peculiar institution
The use of slaves as an institution
Toil means continuous and hard work.
The state of being subjected.
A state of bondage, slavery, or subjugation to another person.
The act of enthralling or the state of being enthralled
menial labor
Drudgery
work (related)
Something that has been produced or accomplished through the effort, activity, or agency of a person or thing:
Work that is hard, menial, or tiresome
Helots considered as a group.
inthrallment
Obsolete spelling of enthrallment.
The trade union movement, especially its officials.
emancipation (antonym)
The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence
freedom (antonym)
The condition of not being constrained or restricted in a specific aspect of life by a government or other power:
liberty (antonym)
Freedom or release from slavery, imprisonment, captivity, or any other form of arbitrary control
mastery (antonym)
The status of master or ruler; control:
helotism
The permanent oppression of a nominally free group of people
The legal status or condition of a villein.
A clamp, coupling, slotted piece, etc. used to hold two parts together
over (related)
Something in addition; excess; surplus
Synonym Study
- Bondage originally referred to the condition of a serf bound to his master's land, but now implies any condition of subjugation or captivity
- Servitude refers to compulsory labor or service for another, often, specif., such labor imposed as punishment for crime
- Slavery implies absolute subjection to another person who owns and completely controls one
Find another word for slavery. In this page you can discover 40 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for slavery, like: servitude, restraint, vassalage, captivity, subjugation, constraint, bond service, involuntary servitude, owning slaves, slaveholding and null.