n. In old English law, villeinage; tenure of land by performing the meanest services for a superior.n. In Scot. agri., the state of, or services due by, a bondager. See bondager.n. [From the foregoing extract it will be seen that formerly the system had place not only, as now, between farmer and laborer, but also between proprietor and farmer.]n. Obligation; tie of duty; binding power or influence.n. Slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom.n. Captivity; imprisonment; restraint of a person's liberty by compulsion.n. Figuratively, subjection to some power or influence: as, he is in bondage to his appetites.To reduce to bondage or slavery; enslave.