slavery

Noun
  1. 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: bondage, thraldom, thrall, thralldom
  2. The practice of owning slaves (synset 100416455)
    is a type of: pattern, practice - a customary way of operation or behavior
    same as: slaveholding
  3. Work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay (synset 100624785)
    is a type of: labor, labour, toil - productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

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