slavery

Speech parts

1. slavery - Noun

2. slavery - Adjective

Meaning

The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another.

A condition of subjection or submission characterized by lack of freedom of action or of will.

The holding of slaves.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bondage captivity servitude enslavement thralldom serfdom subjugation slaveholding thrall vassalage thraldom drudge work labour travail
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Antonyms

liberty deliverance bliss amnesty play away
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Hypernyms

practice labour pattern labor subjugation toil

Hyponyms

serfdom servitude serfhood bonded labor vassalage

Phrases with the word

debt slavery wage slavery chattel slavery institution of slavery concerned with abolition of slavery concerned with slavery abolition

Derivatives

slaveries

Examples

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery. Maxim Gorky

A great fortune is a great slavery. Seneca

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. George Orwell

Poverty is slavery. Somali Proverb

Voluntary work is better than slavery. Nigerian Proverb

It's better to eat a mushroom in freedom than to eat meat in slavery. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

slaverer slavering slaveringly slavery of white people slavery support slaves of circumstance