Main Entry: bond·age

Pronunciation: \ˈbän-dij\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from bonde customary tenant, from Middle English

Date: 14th century

1 : the tenure or service of a villein, serf, or slave
2 : a state of being bound usually by compulsion (as of law or mastery): as a : captivity, serfdom b : servitude or subjugation to a controlling person or force <young people in bondage to drugs>
3 : sadomasochistic sexual practices involving the physical restraint of one partner