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bondage

noun

ˈbän-dij How to pronounce bondage (audio)
Definition of bondagenext
as in slavery
the state of being an enslaved person people freed from bondage

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Recent Examples of bondage 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 As Bluett documents, even in bondage, Diallo continued to carry out the five daily prayers. — Leila Tarakji, The Conversation, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bondage
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slavery
Noun
  • The English lacked a body of laws specific to slavery; their colonists adapted.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • States geographically above Maryland began the process of immediately or gradually abolishing slavery, beginning with Vermont in 1777 and culminating with New York, the longest holdout, in 1799.
    — Sandra Slater, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of slavery

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“Bondage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bondage. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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