Bondage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The state of one who is bound as a slave or serf.
  • n. A state of subjection to a force, power, or influence.
  • n. The practice of being physically restrained, as with cords or handcuffs, as a means of attaining sexual gratification.
  • n. Villeinage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.
  • n. The state of lacking freedom; constraint.
  • n. The practice of tying people up for sexual pleasure.
  • n. Applied to clothing with many buckles, zips, etc., associated with punk and goth subcultures.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.
  • n. Obligation; tie of duty.
  • n. Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the state of being under the control of another person
  • n. the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power
  • n. sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners
  • Antonym
    freedom   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    slavery    BDSM    S&M   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    imprisonment    bond service    thralldom    slavery    captivity    obligation    villenage    serfdom    serfage    serfhood   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    servitude    slavery    oppression    humiliation    misery    degradation    subjection    torment    yoke    poverty