Definition of bondage Bondage
/bɑˈndɪʤ/ - [bandij] - bond•age
We found 12 definitions of bondage from 5 different sources.
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What does bondage mean?
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NounPlural: bondages |
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| bondage - the state of being under the control of another person | ||
| slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldom | ||
| subjection, subjugation forced submission to control by others | ||
| bonded labor a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States | ||
| servitude state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; "penal servitude" | ||
| bondage - sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners | ||
| bondage - the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power; "he was in bondage to fear:; "he sought release from his bondage to Satan"; "a self freed from the bondage of time" | ||
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- bondage (Noun)
The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery. - bondage (Noun)
The state of lacking freedom; constraint. - bondage (Noun)
The practice of tie tying people up for sexual pleasure. - bondage (Noun)
Applied to clothing with many buckles, zips, etc. , associated with punk and goth subcultures.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bondage (a.)
The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity. - bondage (a.)
Obligation; tie of duty. - bondage (a.)
Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bondage
bond′āj, n. state of being bound: captivity: slavery.—n. Bond′ager, a female outworker in the Border and North country, whom the hind or married cottar was bound to provide for the farm-work. [O. Fr.; Low L. bondagium, a kind of tenure. Acc. to Skeat, this is from A.S. bonda, a boor, a householder, from Ice. bóndi = búandi, a tiller, a husbandman, búa, to till, cog. with A.S. búan.]
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🔤- bondage, noun, singular of bondages.
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