Slavery synonyms

slā'və-rē, slāv'rē

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servitude
Servitude is the state of being completely submissive to and controlled by someone more powerful.
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captivity
The definition of captivity is the state of being trapped, imprisoned or confined.
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vassalage
The condition of being a vassal.
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slave-owning
The use of slaves as an institution
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toil
Toil means continuous and hard work.
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restraint
Control of the expression of one's feelings; constraint:
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bondage
The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.
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subjection
The state of being subjected.
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subjugation
The act of subjugating.
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constraint
(Mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
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bond service
Bondage
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the peculiar institution
The use of slaves as an institution
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helotism
The permanent oppression of a nominally free group of people
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involuntary servitude
Bondage
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owning slaves
The use of slaves as an institution
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slaveholding
An owning of one or more slaves.
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practicing slavery
The use of slaves as an institution
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holding slaves
The use of slaves as an institution
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labor
The trade union movement, especially its officials.
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thralldom
A state of bondage, slavery, or subjugation to another person.
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enthrallment
The act of enthralling or the state of being enthralled
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serfdom
The state of being a serf.
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emancipation (antonym)
The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence
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menial labor
Drudgery
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grind
A tedious task.
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work (related)
Something that has been produced or accomplished through the effort, activity, or agency of a person or thing:
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drudgery
Work that is hard, menial, or tiresome
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helotry
Helots considered as a group.
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inthrallment
Obsolete spelling of enthrallment.
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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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liberty (antonym)
Freedom or release from slavery, imprisonment, captivity, or any other form of arbitrary control
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mastery (antonym)
The status of master or ruler; control:
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enslavement
The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave; bondage
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thrall
One who is enslaved or under mind control.
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servility
The condition of being servile.
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villeinage
The legal status or condition of a villein.
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yoke
A clamp, coupling, slotted piece, etc. used to hold two parts together
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over (related)
Something in addition; excess; surplus
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thraldom
Alternative spelling of thralldom.
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colonialism (related)
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oppression (related)
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communism (related)
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tyranny (related)
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imperialism (related)
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barbarism (related)
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militarism (related)
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neo-colonialism (related)
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apartheid (related)
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fascism (related)
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capitalism (related)
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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 51 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for slavery, like: servitude, captivity, vassalage, , toil, restraint, bondage, subjection, subjugation, constraint and bond service.
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Slavery Sentence Examples

  • Then war can become obsolete, as foreign to us as slavery and public hangings.

  • Although older, his own name was present under Damian's, as if it had been erased during the long years of his slavery and newly added.

  • Slavery was forbidden by the sixth article of the ordinance; and the third article read: "Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall for ever be encouraged."

  • Bassett, Constitutional Beginnings of North Carolina (Baltimore, 1894); The Regulators of North Carolina (Washington, 1894); and Slavery in the State of North Carolina (Baltimore, 1899), are all trustworthy.

  • Owing to the prohibition of slavery the vast majority of the early immigrants to Ohio came from the North, but, until the Mexican War forced the slavery question into the foreground, the Democrats usually controlled the state, because the principles of that party were more in harmony with frontier ideas of equality.

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