Slabbery; wet with slaver.n. A state of servitude; the condition of a slave; bondage; entire subjection to the will and commands of another; the obligation to labor for a master without the consent of the servant; the establishment of a right in law which makes one person absolute master of the body and the service of another.n. The keeping or holding of slaves; the practice of keeping human beings in a state of servitude or bondage.n. Servitude; the continuous and exhausting labor of a slave; drudgery.n. The act of enslaving.n. Synonyms Bondage, etc. See servitude.n. 1 andn. Vassalage, thraldom, serfdom, peonage.