bondage
noun
[ ˈbɒndɪdʒ ]
• the state of being a slave.
• "the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt's bondage"
Similar:
slavery,
enslavement,
servitude,
subjugation,
subjection,
oppression,
domination,
exploitation,
persecution,
captivity,
imprisonment,
incarceration,
confinement,
detention,
bonds,
chains,
fetters,
shackles,
restraints,
yoke,
thraldom,
thrall,
serfdom,
vassalage,
enthralment,
duress,
• sexual practice that involves the tying up or restraining of one partner.
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Latin bondagium, from Middle English bond ‘serf’ (earlier ‘peasant, householder’), from Old Norse bóndi ‘tiller of the soil’, based on búa ‘dwell’; influenced in sense by bond.
