bondage

Noun
  1. The state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power (synset 114021014)
    "he was in bondage to fear"; "he sought release from his bondage to Satan"; "a self freed from the bondage of time"
    is a type of: subjection, subjugation - forced submission to control by others
  2. The state of being under the control of another person (synset 114020738)
    is a type of: subjection, subjugation - forced submission to control by others
    subtypes:
    • 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
    • serfdom, serfhood, vassalage - the state of a serf
    same as: slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom
  3. Sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners (synset 100845342)
    is a type of: sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse

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