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 The National Park Service is revising interpretations at its sites to offer an upbeat rendering of human bondage, if slavery is mentioned at all. — Drew Gilpin Faust, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026 Even physical bondage could not cancel out God’s promises of freedom that had come generations earlier. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2026 The idea called for Axl and Erin to be seen in various scenes involving bondage. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026 Conahan, now 72, acknowledged having a bondage fetish in court but has always denied killing anyone. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bondage

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slavery

Noun

Pressure for Britain — along with the United States, Portugal, Spain and others who profited from slavery — to pay reparations has increased in recent years as Caribbean and African nations united behind the issue.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
The king is expected to call slavery an atrocity that stains British history, but Britain’s government opposes reparations and says an apology is not on the agenda.

— Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of slavery

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