| bondage | | |
| n. (state) | 1. 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" |
| ~ subjection, subjugation | forced submission to control by others. |
| n. (state) | 2. bondage, slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom | the state of being under the control of another person. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ serfdom, serfhood, vassalage | the state of a serf. |
| n. (act) | 3. bondage | sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners. |
| ~ sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice | activities associated with sexual intercourse.; "they had sex in the back seat" |
| slavery | | |
| n. (act) | 1. slaveholding, slavery | the practice of owning slaves. |
| ~ practice, pattern | a customary way of operation or behavior.; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern" |
| n. (act) | 2. slavery | work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay. |
| ~ toil, labor, labour | productive work (especially physical work done for wages).; "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" |
| slave | | |
| n. (person) | 1. slave | a person who is owned by someone. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ bondsman, bondman | a male slave. |
| ~ bondmaid, bondwoman, bondswoman | a female slave. |
| ~ bond servant | someone bound to labor without wages. |
| ~ puppet, creature, tool | a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else. |
| ~ galley slave | a slave condemned to row in a galley. |
| ~ dred scott, scott | United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858). |
| ~ nat turner, turner | United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831). |
| ~ denmark vesey, vesey | United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822). |
| n. (person) | 2. hard worker, slave, striver | someone who works as hard as a slave. |
| ~ worker | a person who works at a specific occupation.; "he is a good worker" |
| n. (person) | 3. slave | someone entirely dominated by some influence or person.; "a slave to fashion"; "a slave to cocaine"; "his mother was his abject slave" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| v. (social) | 4. break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down, slave | work very hard, like a slave. |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
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