BONDAGE Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

bondage

noun

ˈbän-dij

Definition of bondage

as in slavery

the state of being an enslaved person people freed from bondage

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Recent Examples of bondage This display of light bondage proved merely an amuse-bouche to the erotic banquet that Fennell had prepared. — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026 According to court records, Conahan, an unemployed nurse, lured Montgomery into the woods in northern Charlotte County to take nude bondage photos. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Slave owners insisted that human bondage fulfilled God’s will. — Jim Rasenberger, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026 The 14th Amendment, granting citizenship to those who were held in bondage, was ratified in December 1868 and the 15th Amendment, extending voting rights to Black men was ratified in February 1870. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bondage

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slavery

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Genetic analyses, such as those used in the new Jefferson study, can help restore connections that were lost because of slavery, Harney added.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
In New England, the first act was to steal our corn and acorns and beans in 1620 and to torch our villages with men, women, and children inside and to sell the survivors into slavery.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

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