bondage

Speech parts

1. bondage - Noun

2. bondage - Adjective

Meaning

The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.

Obligation; tie of duty.

Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

thralldom slavery imprisonment thrall thraldom chian control serfdom durance chain prison slave restriction captivity domination
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Antonyms

liberty deliverance salvation amnesty plenipotentiary release
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Hypernyms

sex subjugation subjection sexual activity sex activity sexual practice

Hyponyms

serfdom servitude serfhood bonded labor vassalage

Phrases with the word

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Anagrams

dogbane endobag geoband

Examples

Man was born free, but is everywhere in bondage. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. Louis Brandeis

I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child. Dan Quayle

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage. Bruce Fairchild Barton

Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect. James Madison

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. Joseph Addison

Close letter words and terms

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