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enslavement

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of enslavement

the state of being a slave

  • having known the misery of enslavement first hand, Frederick Douglass went on devote his life to the cause of making others free
Synonyms of enslavement

bondage, servility, servitude, slavery, thrall, thralldom (or thraldom), yoke
Words Related to enslavement

peonage, serfdom

dependence (also dependance), subjection, subjugation

captivity, enchainment, imprisonment, incarceration
Near Antonyms of enslavement

emancipation, enfranchisement, liberation, manumission

autonomy, independence, self-government, sovereignty (also sovranty)
Antonyms of enslavement

freedom, liberty

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