Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state of one who is bound as a slave or serf.
- noun A state of subjection to a force, power, or influence.
- noun The practice of being physically restrained, as with cords or handcuffs, as a means of attaining sexual gratification.
- noun Villeinage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To reduce to bondage or slavery; enslave.
- noun In old English law, villeinage; tenure of land by performing the meanest services for a superior.
- noun In Scot. agri., the state of, or services due by, a bondager. See
bondager . - noun [From the foregoing extract it will be seen that formerly the system had place not only, as now, between farmer and laborer, but also between proprietor and farmer.]
- noun Obligation; tie of duty; binding power or influence.
- noun Slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom.
- noun Captivity; imprisonment; restraint of a person's liberty by compulsion.
- noun Figuratively, subjection to some power or influence: as, he is in bondage to his appetites.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.
- noun Obligation; tie of duty.
- noun (Old Eng. Law) Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
enslaved or the practice ofslavery . - noun by extension The state of lacking
freedom ;constraint . - noun The practice of
tying people up forsexual pleasure . - noun attributive Applied to
clothing with manybuckles ,zips , etc., associated withpunk andgoth subcultures.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being under the control of another person
- noun the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power
- noun sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Does this falsify the declarations of Scripture, that 'they sighed by reason of their bondage,' and that the Egyptians 'made them serve _with rigor_,' and made 'their lives bitter with _hard bondage_.'
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Does this falsify the declarations of Scripture, that 'they sighed by reason of their bondage,' and that the Egyptians 'made them serve _with rigor_,' and made 'their lives bitter with _hard bondage_.'
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“Mu’attik al-Rikáb” i.e. who frees those in bondage from the yoke.
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This was an entirely new punishment for people who, when they were in a state of what was called bondage, thought nothing was shameful or “illegitimate” about unmarried parents.
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Edward begins his journey by leaving “a house on Egypt Street” where he is in bondage to his inability to love.
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Edward begins his journey by leaving “a house on Egypt Street” where he is in bondage to his inability to love.
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"These clever Egyptian fetters we contingency break/Or remove myself in bondage," says Antony, reprogrammed for a impulse as a responsible Roman.
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Edward begins his journey by leaving “a house on Egypt Street” where he is in bondage to his inability to love.
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"These clever Egyptian fetters we contingency break/Or remove myself in bondage," says Antony, reprogrammed for a impulse as a responsible Roman.
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They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
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bilby commented on the word bondage
Egad! No bondage!
October 18, 2008
trevorbutterworth commented on the word bondage
Government issue of bonds
January 8, 2009