| enslavement | | |
| n. (state) | 1. captivity, enslavement | the state of being a slave.; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity" |
| ~ subjection, subjugation | forced submission to control by others. |
| n. (act) | 2. enslavement | the act of making slaves of your captives. |
| ~ capture, gaining control, seizure | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property. |
| subjugation | | |
| n. (state) | 1. subjection, subjugation | forced submission to control by others. |
| ~ relationship | a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries. |
| ~ repression | a state of forcible subjugation.; "the long repression of Christian sects" |
| ~ oppression | the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:.; "after years of oppression they finally revolted" |
| ~ enslavement, captivity | the state of being a slave.; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity" |
| ~ slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom, bondage | the state of being under the control of another person. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ peonage | the condition of a peon. |
| ~ confinement | the state of being confined.; "he was held in confinement" |
| n. (act) | 2. oppression, subjugation | the act of subjugating by cruelty.; "the tyrant's oppression of the people" |
| ~ persecution | the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion). |
| n. (act) | 3. conquering, conquest, subjection, subjugation | the act of conquering. |
| ~ capture, gaining control, seizure | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property. |
| ~ norman conquest | the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066). |
| 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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