Definition of Bondage
1. Noun. The state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power. "A self freed from the bondage of time"
2. Noun. The state of being under the control of another person.
Generic synonyms: Subjection, Subjugation
Specialized synonyms: Bonded Labor, Servitude, Serfdom, Serfhood, Vassalage
Derivative terms: Thrall, Thraldom, Thralldom, Thrall
3. Noun. Sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners.
Definition of Bondage
1. n. The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.
Definition of Bondage
1. slavery [n -S] - See also: slavery
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bondage
Literary usage of Bondage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith (1916)
"CHAPTER bondage OR LIBERTY. TT is a fact beyond question that there are two kinds 1.
of Christian experience, one of which is an experience of bondage, ..."
2. White Fang by Jack London (1906)
"CHAPTER II THE bondage THE days were thronged with experience for White Fang.
During the time that Kiche was tied by the stick, he ran about over all the ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"Gibbs; Hospital Steward, Edward R. Hutching. and reduce you and me to bondage again.
We all left our fatherland because wo desire to rid our necks of the ..."
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