as in slavery
the state of being an enslaved person
people freed from bondage
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Recent Examples of bondage
The American border agency said its probe identified abuse of vulnerability, abusive working and living conditions, debt bondage, withholding of wages, and excessive overtime.
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Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Today is the 450th anniversary of Cervantes’ kidnapping and the beginning of his five-year bondage in Algiers.
—Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
The store supplied her with bondage pants, kilts, and T-shirts printed with obscene illustrations.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The Grammy Award-winning singer wore a look from the Italian luxury fashion house’s 2003 collection, featuring sensual lace-up elements evocative of corsetry and bondage in equal measure.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Today is the 450th anniversary of Cervantes’ kidnapping and the beginning of his five-year bondage in Algiers.
—Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
The store supplied her with bondage pants, kilts, and T-shirts printed with obscene illustrations.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The Grammy Award-winning singer wore a look from the Italian luxury fashion house’s 2003 collection, featuring sensual lace-up elements evocative of corsetry and bondage in equal measure.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for bondage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bondage
slavery
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Gruelle also wrote children’s books and designed other dolls to expand Raggedy Ann’s lore, which is filled with nostalgia for slavery.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
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The only way to assure that a Constitution possessing such powers was ratified was to keep slavery off the agenda.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Bondage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bondage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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