BONDAGE Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

bondage

noun

ˈbän-dij

Definition of bondage next

as in slavery

the state of being an enslaved person people freed from bondage

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Recent Examples of bondage That power was built up over centuries partly to compensate for the humiliation, subjugation, and grievous bondage of Russia’s history, real and imagined. —

Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026 The Seders take participants through the wondrous liberation of our ancestors from Egyptian bondage, while sharing the relevance and beauty of the age-old festival in our modern lives. —

Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026 Months later, Gershon was hanging from the ceiling, dressed in bondage gear, reflecting upon her early acting goals to perform Chekhov, portray Medea and stun audiences into silence. —

Cat Woods, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026 Shibari is Japanese rope bondage. —

Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bondage

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slavery

Noun

Does a child or children born from surrogacy into a loving environment constitute slavery?

— Ann Marie Luft, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Through indefatigable research, Kara fixes poorly remembered facts and makes a decent case that the publicity galvanized the movement to abolish British slavery a half century later.

— The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026