yoke

yoke

noun

Definition of YOKE

the state of being a slave <a people able at last to throw off the yoke and to embrace freedom>

Synonyms bondage, enslavement, servility, servitude, thrall, thralldom (or thraldom), yoke

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)

Antonyms freedom, liberty