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 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 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 See All Example Sentences for bondage

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slavery

Noun

Instagram direct messages to a University of Miami football player that included rape imagery, violent slavery imagery, three uses of the N-word and two uses of a homophobic slur are under investigation by the Florida Bar.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
Lincoln lost that year, but the country benefited from their arguments over the legality and morality of slavery.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of slavery

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