yoke
yoke
nounDefinition of YOKE
the state of being a slave <a people able at last to throw off the yoke and to embrace freedom>
Related Words peonage, serfdom; dependence (also dependance), subjection, subjugation; captivity, enchainment, imprisonment, incarceration
Near Antonyms emancipation, enfranchisement, liberation, manumission; autonomy, independence, self-government, sovereignty (also sovranty)
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