bondage

(bŏn'dĭj)
n.

1. The state of one who is bound as a slave or serf.
2. A state of subjection to a force, power, or influence.
3. The practice of being physically restrained, as with cords or handcuffs, as a means of attaining sexual gratification.
4. Villeinage.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Middle English bonde, serf, from Old English bōnda, husbandman, from Old Norse bōndi, present participle of būa, to live.]

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noun

A state of subjugation to an owner or master: enslavement, helotry, serfdom, servileness, servility, servitude, slavery, thrall, thralldom, villeinage, yoke. See over/under.

n

Definition: slavery
Antonyms: freedom, independence

IN BRIEF: The state of being a slave or serf, or of being bound in general.

The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself. — Eric Hoffer (1902-1983); American writer and philosopher

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• Social Structure and Conditions - bondage: servitude or subjugation
• Perversions, Fetishes, and Titillations - bondage: sex involving forcible restraint or tying up of partner

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - trældom, slaveri, bondage

Nederlands (Dutch)
slavernij, afhankelijkheid, onderdrukking

Français (French)
n. - dépendance, esclavage, servage, (fig) asservissement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dienstbarkeit, Zwang, Sklaverei, Gefangenschaft

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δουλεία, σκλαβιά, δεσμά, (καθομ.) σαδομαζοχιστικές ερωτικές πρακτικές

Italiano (Italian)
servitù, schiavitù

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escravidão (f), servidão (f)

Русский (Russian)
неволя

Español (Spanish)
n. - servidumbre, esclavitud

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - träldom, slaveri

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
奴役, 束缚

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 奴役, 束縛

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 노예의 처지, 속박

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 農奴の境遇, とらわれの身, 屈従

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عبوديه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שעבוד, עבדות‬

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